My husband and I had SO many arguments about money in our early years. In fact, every argument seemed to end up there eventually. We finally hit upon the suggested solution, having one joint account, and each getting our own “allowance” in a separate account. This allowed me to spend as much money as I wanted on my own expensive curly hair (to be fair, I think it was more that I was defensive about it than that he was judgemental about it). The tension this removed was incredible, to the point that now we just use the joint account, and my husband has never once asked me if I actually *need* 10 different hair products.
Ah that's so cool that you naturally landed on the solution that Scott Rick recommends--the magical combo of joint for the main monies and a separate from spending that is uniquely your own. And I'm especially glad to hear my marriage isn't the only one where fights about expenditures on hair products happen;)
* the exact title of my parent’s marriage 😂
I'm laughing out loud and guessing so many people will see this and think, "me, too!" (um... me, too).
My husband and I had SO many arguments about money in our early years. In fact, every argument seemed to end up there eventually. We finally hit upon the suggested solution, having one joint account, and each getting our own “allowance” in a separate account. This allowed me to spend as much money as I wanted on my own expensive curly hair (to be fair, I think it was more that I was defensive about it than that he was judgemental about it). The tension this removed was incredible, to the point that now we just use the joint account, and my husband has never once asked me if I actually *need* 10 different hair products.
Ah that's so cool that you naturally landed on the solution that Scott Rick recommends--the magical combo of joint for the main monies and a separate from spending that is uniquely your own. And I'm especially glad to hear my marriage isn't the only one where fights about expenditures on hair products happen;)