The way my family works

I would consider my family more on the matrilineal side than the patrilineal side. From watching how my family works, I would consider my mom the head of the house hold. When referring to using the family credit card, it is often referred to as my mom money. When it comes to making financial decisions it usually is up to my mom. My mom is the one who balances the books and keeps everyone in line. By no means does my mom walk all over my dad but this is what I have noticed. I think it comes from how they were raised. In my mom’s family she grew up being in charge of shopping and feeding four kids, while my dad had a typical childhood. It’s not in my family to be either, but I think it just ended up matrilineal.