I need some confirmation of my feelings or some opinion as to why I should not act the way I intend to.
My wife and I have been married 8 years this year and just recently she lost her wedding ring. Because our marriage is not real solid at the moment she decided to pursue paying off debt with the check from the insurance in lieu of getting a new ring even at a lesser cost. We agreed before a penny was spent that registration for my online classes would be paid out of this check. Well the check is almost spent and there is not enough money for the registration which is next week. Her only comment is that she can’t figure out where the money went other than paying regular bills and paying off one credit. When I made the comment to her about school she gave me the "I don’t know what to tell you" line. My dilemma is this I am getting a substantial bonus for work in the coming weeks and have a checking account for work related expenses since I am in management and I am really nervous about putting the whole check into our checking account after seeing what happened to this most recent check. I would like to put the check into my other account after I subtract money for school and if she wants some money to pay off bills I am willing to negotiate to an extent but not with the entire lump sum. Am I being fair?
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If you decide to put the check in a business account I would make a copy of it so it won’t be confused with business funds. As far as hiding it goes. she knows you have to pay for school and if you pay bills with the rest it’s the same as taking it out of community funds.
sounds fair to me but then im not your wife why don’t you explain this to her and see what happens it really does sound like a good Solid plan to me
Yes and No, but i do see your point! pay your school fees, give 1/3 or 1/4 of what is left into wife/joint account and put the rest into your seperate account and say you want to save for somethin…
Hmm, you two made an agreement as to what would happen to that check, and all you got was a "I don’t know what to tell you?" You should protect future money from the same fate… and maybe get some marriage counseling? Sounds like it’s a pretty acerbic environment at home.
I think if she was in charge of the insurance check from the ring, there’s nothing wrong with you using the bonus as you see fit. Seems fair to me.
are you sure she’s been using the money on the first check? All I can say is..I don’t really think it’s fair to be hiding money from your spouse
Sure. Some people cannot control money. If she cannot control spending, then you need to. Look at what you owe, set up your budgets, set aside the money necessary to pay your debts… work it out together. MY wife controls the money in my house. I’m absolutely hopeless at it.