Wisdom for Couples finance management

This is just so obvious to me and my wife that it was barely a footnote in a discussion. It was just married “OURS” I ALWAYS made more money than her but it’s ALWAYS been OURS. WHEN I BUY SOMETHING. we talk. When she does we talk (big ticket items) We budget together. It’s ours. Not mine. Not hers.

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This is how it is for us

This is how to give your woman control over you which will lead to her despising you.

If you do wanna get biblical , I was with him until he started talking equal votes. You make the final decision , she can give input. @DaveRamsey

I tried that. My ex husband spent every penny I had, every dollar that came into my business plus ran up every one of my credit cards + bought cars with my credit and let them get repo’d. I went from and 800 score to a 450. So that worked out great.

@MonikaMusing Oh hell no. Guaranteed I bring a lot more to the table than whoever I marry. She didn't have a fuck all to do with that. She ain't getting that money. That's mine. She can choose to divorce me whenever she wants and take half my shit that I earned? Absolutely freaking not.

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Only for the few (and getting fewer all the time) will this work.

Nope. Know too many people divorced. For the first 5-10 years, if both are working: Setup a joint account. Contribute equally to it. This makes it easy to split after divorce. One person will not contibute as much. Setup spending allowances to go to each person’s equally.

So what if one makes zero (or significantly less), has absolutely no care to make decisions or manage the bills etc? Still a ‘we’? No chance