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Name: Leo C   Title: My wife doe not want to budget

My wife likes to go shopping alot, how can I get her to understand that we have to budget in order to meet our financial goals?

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Name: MW

Money is one of the toughest things to work out in marriage. Once my husband and I understood a budget wasn't about limiting or control but just that knowledge is power for us, it helped us become a team. It is wise to understand where your money is going, so you can live with purpose, save and if things get tight you know where you can cut temporarily. Make sure she knows that. In order to work as a team you need to establish an understanding of what your bills, financial goals are together (a mix of both of you) and figure out how to work towards them together. Personally I never realized some of things I spent $ on, how meaningless it was to me and as a result a waste. Having a budget helped me be spend on what was important to me. For my husband too. When things are good financially I recommend a weekly budget that you each have to spend on things beyond your needs. We've established whatever isn't spent that week is added to our personal next week's spending budget. That is what my husband and I do, I am not much of a shopper but I like the freedom of it. This has helped us. Its something you might consider together.

Name: Victoria M

My husband is terrible with money too. Our solution has been to recognize that financial management isn't his talent and to divide household responsibilities so that they reflect our individual talents. Place your wife on a budget, and you be responsible for paying the bills. I know this may be a reverse role but it just may work.

Name: Jonathan

I recommend the book ''For the Love of Money.'' The book is in a workbook format and it gets to the root of why couples argue over money.