I’m a stay at home mum but make my hubby transfer me cash for chores as soon as he gets paid – I rake in £2.1k a WEEK
A STAY at home mum has revealed how her husband pays her over £2k worth of cash every week.
Amber Audrey says the set-up means she is technically the main breadwinner in their family - as she takes home more than half her employed husband's salary.
The mum, who says herself that she is being "disgustingly spoiled by her husband,” shared a video to her TikTok page @ revealing just how much she receives from her partner.
In , Amber, from the US, explained that she gets paid as soon as her husband gets paid from his job, before then going on to say why she gets this money.
She will charge him $20 (£15.60) per load of dishes that she does - and she will usually do about two to three times a day, five days a week - which works out to about $300 (£234) a week.
Amber then revealed that she charges $35 (£27.30) per load of laundry - which she does four times a week, working out to $140 (£119).
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She then charges $60 (£46.80) per bathroom per clean, and usually does that about two times a week, which ends up being about $240 (£187) a week.
She also charges $100 (£78) to clean all the floors, which includes sweeping and mopping in every bedroom two to three times a week which works out to be about $300 (£234) a week.”
Amber also homeschools the kids, so she charges her husband $400 (£312) in tuition fees for each child she has, which works out to be $800 (£623) a week for the kids.
And the list doesn’t stop there.
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The mum also charges $50 (£39) for her car shuttle service as she takes the kids to art class, gymnastics, baseball, and soccer - which works out to $150 (£117) a week.
Then she charges $75 (£58) for her grocery shopping fee, which “does not include groceries or the tip” and she does that once a week.
Then another $50 (£39) for her “personal chef services” which is around 10 times a week and ends up being around $500 (£390) a week for Amber.
She also explained that these fees are just for Monday to Friday as she doesn’t work Saturdays or Sundays.
Then she also charges her husband $200 (£156) a week for her breastfeeding fee, because she still breastfeeds, and also charges a $10 (£7.80) daily sweeping fee of the house to kind of “just upkeep it” and she does that five times a week.
All of these fees add up to a total of $2,700 (£2,100) and if her husband ever wants to “save money” then “he can help” Amber “do any of these tasks.”
Paying the bills
She adds: “It doesn't leave much for him at the end of the month, but it does give me enough to pay my mortgage.
“It gives me enough to pay the car payment, car insurance, water, electric, grocery, stuff like that that I need to get taken care of.
“So ultimately, it does kind of make me the breadwinner in my household.”
Her video received five million views, with over 10,000 people rushing to the comments section to share their thoughts.
One wrote: "My husband was listening as I watched this and said “I don’t know what you’re watching but you should probably keep scrolling."
A second added: "Nah but forreal… if someone was to hire a housekeeper, nanny, whatever… that is about the charge or more!
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"Being a sahm (stay-at-home-mum) is a job in itself and it ever ends, we don’t clock out or get weekends…"
And a third said: "I mean if y'all weren’t together he’d be paying wayyy more in child support!"
Five savvy mum hacks to save you a fortune
ANY parent knows just how pricey it can be to feed the kids - especially if they're a fan of branded, expensive products. But there are a few hacks that can help save you money, as mum-of-two and Fabulous Digital Senior Reporter Sarah Bull explained:
Batch cook
This is a hack that lots of mums, including myself, swear by. One thing I like to do is batch cook a tomato sauce - hiding a load of vegetables inside, including carrots, peppers and onion. Once it's cooled, pop it into an ice cube tray to freeze. Then you can pop out the portions and bag up - ready to use for anything from a pasta sauce to a pizza base.
Home Happy meal
You'd be hard pushed to find a kid who doesn't like McDonald's. But with Happy Meals now priced at £3.89 each, it can be pricey getting them for your children - especially if you've got more than two. But why not try making your own home? Keep the packaging from your last trip to McDonald's and cook up some chicken nuggets and fries in the air fryer. Pop a budget toy in a little bag and serve with a Fruit Shoot for a budget-friendly at home Happy Meal.
Make use of leftovers
If you're savvy enough to plan things in advance, you can make use of leftovers to keep your kids sustained for another day. If you make something like pizza, for example, why not make enough for lunch the next day too? Lots of kids actually prefer cold pizza, and it's especially useful if you make packed lunches for yours.
Get the kids involved
Not specifically a budget hack, but one that I've found always helps encourage kids to eat things they haven't tried before. I've cooked things like fajitas, and put the ingredients all in different bowls, before getting the kids to make their own. While I've put out their favourites - like chicken, cheese and cucumber - I've also popped pepper and lettuce in a bowl. And, much to my delight, they both sampled that in their fajitas. What a score!
Ditch the brands
One thing that can make shopping much more expensive than it needs to be is going for branded products. We always used to be a family that swore by Heinz ketchup, refusing to go for anything else, but with the price of that shooting up, we've swapped for supermarket own brand ketchup and saved loads - especially considering how much of it we get through. If your kids are less than willing to make that swap, why not put the unbranded product in the branded product's packaging and see if they notice the difference?
