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Old 08-26-2011, 09:08 AM   #83
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Originally Posted by MarchHare View Post
I don't need to ask for my wife's permission to buy anything I want (and can afford), and she doesn't need my blessing to buy anything she wants. Shared mutual expenses are covered from a joint account, and we're both careful to live within our means. I can't imagine having a marriage like many of the men in this thread where fights about money are accepted as an inevitable norm or the wives "spend all my money". That seems like a recipe to cause resentment and marital strife.
I think you misunderstand the "wives spend all the money", as that phrase is incomplete...

It should read the wives spend all the money...After the husbands have bought what they want under teh guise of "the house/car/home theatre" needed this. Husband's wants become household needs
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