"back in the day" my grandpa worked full time for CN and my grandma's "job" was to run the house. my grandpa gave my grandma 'x' amount of cash every month and that was hers to pay all the bills, get the groceries, etc. and of course she was expected to keep a clean house and have all meals prepared (remember... i'm talking about the 1940s/50s/early 60s)
my mom told me years ago that grandma was very savvy when it came to buying stuff and was able to have a good amount of left over cash at the end of each month that she put away in a bank account my grandpa didn't know about - ha! she could then go and splurge for stuff and my grandpa was none the wiser! ha!
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