Today I am a thankful woman.

[SoCalDem]

My husband's company is FINALLY going to do direct-deposit..<happy-happy dance>

No more wondering just WHEN he's gonna deposit that check..or if it's lost in his briefcase again (one check rattled around in there for 2 weeks before he got around to depositing it.

When I have offered to do it for him, he says ..":Hey I drive right by the bank ..I'll do it "..hah!

The fastest it's ever deposited, is when he's on vacation, and his secretary deposits it for us :)

[bleedingheart]

1. hmmmm....are you sure we aren't married to the same man

cuz my husband can walk around with a check for a month without giving it to me to deposit...he doesn't even know what the bank is..

without direct deposit we would be living on the street...

[SoCalDem]

2. My husband thinks the ATM only gives out $200 a pop

and he loves to save those little slips and test my heart health when he hands them to me :)

(now I bank online, so I can keep up with his "habit" )

[soleft]

3. It's also great if you happen to take the day off on payday!

Once we had a power outage at work and I had to come all the way downtown anyway to stand in line and pick up my pay check. Have had direct deposit ever since!!!

[skygazer]

4. I finally took my SO's checkbook away

In such a way that he thought it might have been his idea, of course. :P

We have separate accounts but I got so sick of him running up overdraft charges - he had three in one week! We don't make enough money for that silly crap.

So I finally wore him down and have him trained to hand me all his receipts (he's good about depositing) and he'll actually call me up to ask, "Do I have enough money to stop for lunch?"

That would bother him except for the fact that in the year since I took over his finances, he's had no overdraft charges, his credit cards are all paid down, he's never late on a bill and he has more money in savings.

He'd be in deep shit if I ever left him. :)

[bleedingheart]

5. that sounds like my marriage

I took my husband' mac card away and his checks after he overdrafted a few times...

I gave him money to spend and took care of the rest...

Later after he got better about spending...he got the card back..and he is also a bit more thrifty now...

[AlCzervik]

6. my husband used his debit card to get money in China, it would be helpful

if he sent me an email letting me know but he always forgets. I take care of the finances now that he's overseas all the time which i think is maybe a good thing.