![]() ![]() ‘He’s bought our son one jumper, I’ve bought everything else’Ĭlaire, 33, earns £35,000 as a full-time editor. I won’t live for the worst-case scenario. If something terrible happened, I’d cross that bridge when I came to it. Should I have a bit of financial independence or freedom? I don’t feel that’s something I need. Neither one of us is particularly organised or brilliant with money. But our personality types make it quite a laid-back arrangement. She said every time she bought a cup of coffee or a lipstick from the joint account, she’d feel he was breathing down her neck. I don’t think there are a lot of men who would say, “You haven’t earned anything but go and treat yourself to shoes.”ĭiscussing this with a friend recently, she said she wouldn’t be able to tolerate my arrangement. When I discuss this sort of thing with my friends, there aren’t many people like that. It’s old-fashioned a bit strange, definitely. I know if I said that to my husband, he would say, “Look, that’s ridiculous.” He’d treat me to a pair of shoes if he felt I was neglecting myself. I don’t go and buy myself clothes if I don’t feel I’ve earned much that month. ![]() It’s been, “This is your bank account, this is your Switch card, you do what you need to do.” He’s absolutely brilliant he’s never made me feel bad. There are times I feel I’m not pulling my weight these days, though in the past I’ve been the breadwinner. I know it’s an unusual arrangement to have a joint account for absolutely everything, but I think it works because he’s generous to a fault.
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