How much money your husband gives you per month?

[Tina and Johan 206]

I'm the wife, my husband is the USC. I've been in the US slightly more than a year (moved here on CR1). I work and he doesn't.

I pay all the bills, rent etc. and he's listed as my dependent under company's insurance. I get paid in a my own account and move money to our joint account every month which he's free to use to spend on whatever he likes.

So it isn't always the case that the immigrant (or woman!) is the dependent.

And yes I'm younger than my USC husband!

This is our situation too.

[kehills 217]

Wife here, and sole earner. Husband immigrated here under a K-1; he took over managing groceries when he got here, largely for an excuse to get out of the house, and to learn price differences, etc. Until I was able to put him on the bank account, I just checked with him daily on my way home with how much money he was going to need, if any. We kept (and still keep) the bank account (checking & savings) total on the fridge, so we always knew how much money was around. Anything either of us wanted outside the normal expenses, we talked to the other about.

Now that he has access to the bank account, I don't have to call and ask if he needs me to stop by the ATM on my way home. Otherwise, it's all the same: we share the information, and we make joint decisions about our purchases.

He starts work in 2 weeks, and we don't anticipate any changes to how we're doing things.

*shrug*