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[quote=Anonymous]And I always kind of sucked at budgeting anyway since his salary reached maybe 300K, so now it’s even worse. I just have no idea how much money we *really* have. I can’t even understand what he is actually going to make for the year.

In times past I just kept a general eye on mint, pulled back on variable expenses if it looked like our balance was low or if there was an unexpected expense like a new HVAC system.

DH keeps track of all the savings and investments and I know our financial situation is fine, but I feel a little out of control knowing that the balance in our bank account doesn’t reflect how much money we really have because of the highly complicated pay structure and quarterly taxes.

I guess we could get a new checking account and each month into that we could put the money we *know* we have to spend, or I could just try to keep a general eye on our expenses to be sure I’m not spending above our means, or I could try to do a deep dive and a good amount of math to see exactly how much we have.

Did anyone else have a problem with this transition? 
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