Good day all,

I'd like to get ur candid views about how much should be reasonable enough to give as monthly allowance to a working mother and her little kid irrespective of what you do or how much u may earn.

Just something reasonable and sizable…your thoughts pls

i believe in a needs based assessment

- sit down with madam

- map your both your incomes (sources). this is important because some wives dont really know how much their man earns hence the tendency to seem 'unreasonable'.

- map out your household expenses and intended capital expenditures (house project, car, rent, travel, education, savings and investment)

- then you will know how much to give her. this way it will be a collaborative effort rather than one of no inclusion

it is well

nowadays its a joint effort rather than solo

Subtract your expenditures from the income, then you decide what to give based on what is left.

She should be in the picture of both the income and expenditures...

Thanks all for your contributions

My Lady and I pool our incomes together then spend as the family needs. Since our funds are pooled, luxuries are only purchased upon mutual agreement. I love my wife and I want to see her happy so I try to give her the good life within our means. She loves me and is a wonderful woman and so does not uneccesarily spend our mutual funds.

I have enjoyed peace and financial progress in my family living this way.





The only draw back being that it is difficult to surprise her.

The issue of pooling resources together cannot really work out here as I and the said lady do not live together based on some factors including different locatIons of workplace.

However, I don't want to be too rigid with the monthly allowance nor extravagant with it as I also have personal expenses to cater for. Plus, I've never demanded anything from her with regards to what she earns. I just wanna do the right thing or probably, strike a good balance. Once again, thank you all for your wonderful contributions. They are noted and appreciated

It depends on how much you earn, her income to but lemme say about 30perc. of your income is o.k

Stegomiah: It depends on how much you earn, her income to but lemme say about 30perc. of your income is o.k

Ok thanks, noted

I am a BREAD-WINNER. . .AND SO IS MY HUSBAND!
Not applicable.
I DON'T BELIEVE IN JOINT ACCOUNTS.
We only have SEPARATE FINANCIAL RESPONSIBLILITIES ACCORDING TO EACH PERSON'S PAYCHECK!

I make more. . .I PAY MORE. Simple!

Kanwulia: I am a BREAD-WINNER. . .AND SO IS MY HUSBAND!
Not applicable.
I DON'T BELIEVE IN JOINT ACCOUNTS.
We only have SEPARATE FINANCIAL RESPONSIBLILITIES ACCORDING TO EACH PERSON'S PAYCHECK!

I make more. . .I PAY MORE. Simple!

Nice one

excluding clothes, general house bills, drugs. just for feeding of body and soul.for a couple and kid with no live-in.giving also the sum of the three humans are less than 63yrs.and are paid employees. no feeding of visitors.

40k. low class

100k. high.class

just passing by.