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How should couples manage money? Maricar, Richard Poon answer

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<div><script src="https://connect.facebook.net/en_US/sdk.js#xfbml=1&amp;version=v2.5" async="" type="text/javascript"></script></div><div class="fb-post" data-href="https://www.facebook.com/ANCalerts/videos/10155128782268791/" data-width="auto"> </div>When discussing finances, every couple has their own strategy. Some pool their money in a joint account handled by the woman, while some save in individual accounts.For celebrity couple Richard Poon and Maricar Reyes, their budgeting strategy is simple: whoever is better at it manages the joint account.&quot;&#x27;Pag halimbawa ang mindset mo lalaki lang dapat ang naghahawak or babae &#x27;yung naghahawak, nawawala &#x27;yung opportunity na kung sinong mas magaling humawak, siya dapat ang humawak,&quot; Poon said in an interview with ANC&#x27;s &quot;Headstart.&quot;However, Poon also disclosed in the interview that while it is he who manages their joint account, he lets Reyes have her own savings.&quot;Marami akong stories na naririnig na women are unhappy with their marriages, alam nilang may babae &#x27;yung asawa nila, but they cannot leave because wala silang trabaho,&quot; he said.&quot;I told her na ayokong &#x27;pag ayaw mo na sa akin, di ka aalis dahil ako ang nagbibigay ng pera. So your money is yours; my money is yours,&quot; he added, further explaining that his money is shared between them.Poon recalled that he and Reyes once fought over money because she &quot;keeps on lending&quot; to one person.&quot;I had to fight her na and say, &#x27;I&#x27;m going to put my foot down. Ito &#x27;yung linya ngayon, it has to stop or else away tayo at away ito na malaki,&#x27;&quot; he said.In the interview, Reyes defended her actions, saying she used to believe that she was &quot;okay with money&quot; until her husband taught her a new mindset.&quot;I did not think about it that way, na you&#x27;re actually not helping the person you&#x27;re lending money to; you&#x27;re enabling them to continue to the bad money habit that they&#x27;re having, you&#x27;re bringing them to come to you all the time,&quot; she said.Reyes revealed that now, they don&#x27;t limit each other on purchases, but settled that they have to agree on big acquisitions.&quot;&#x27;Yan ang kailangang i-discuss because marriage is a union of two people being one, you&#x27;re trying to be one,&quot; chimed in Poon when asked about investments.&quot;Mayroon kaming family rule na lahat ng major purchases, kailangang agreed. &#x27;Pag hindi siya nag-agree sa gusto ko, hindi ko rin bibilhin,&quot; he added.Money is only one topic Poon and Reyes talk about in their book, <a href="http://news.abs-cbn.com/entertainment/06/07/17/maricar-reyes-richard-poon-to-launch-book-for-couples">&quot;10 Things We Fight About,&quot;</a> published under ABS-CBN Publishing.

For celebrity couple Richard Poon and Maricar Reyes, their budgeting strategy is simple.

For celebrity couple Richard Poon and Maricar Reyes, their budgeting strategy is simple.