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Ask Dr. Helen: When Wife Out-Earns Hubby

March 10, 2008 - 1:00 am - by Helen Smith
Greg
2008-03-10 11:14:57

My wife and I had some arguments about money when we first got married. So I decided to open up two new checking accounts (for a total of 3). Our direct deposits going into our main joint account. Then every week we have an “allowance” that goes into these two other accounts. We can do whatever we want with that money, no questions asked. The money from the main account gets spent on bills, mortgage, etc. Anything outside of that we have to agree on or we do not spend it. That seems to work best for us.