POLL: How much money could you spend without your spouse ever finding out?

Jul 25, 2017
10:29:30am

Broda All-American

Does your wife track every purchase that is made, with every cent budgeted, or does she never check the budget at all and trust you to keep track of everything?

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Broda

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POLL: How much money could you spend without your spouse ever finding out?

Broda

7/25/17 10:29am

I could spend a brazilian dollars. She doesn't look at the finances.

WDaddy

7/25/17 10:30am

Same

Duke Silver

7/25/17 10:31am

But your wife would notice when she has no money... and her debit card is

Broda

7/25/17 10:33am

Brazillian dollars is chump change for Duke Silver

Sea Chicken

7/25/17 10:34am

True, the Brazilian Real is not worth much right now

Broda

7/25/17 10:36am

They all weigh the same to me.

Duke Silver

7/25/17 10:45am

Me too, but I would probably have trouble hiding

Sea Chicken

7/25/17 10:33am

That's what the beach front house in Hawaii is for

WDaddy

7/25/17 10:35am

That's the first place my wife looks

Sea Chicken

7/25/17 10:36am

If I buy a pack of gum I usually get a text within the hour asking how it tastes

Ulysses14

7/25/17 10:31am

Cash is your friend.

Pistol Shrimp

7/25/17 10:32am

"How was del taco today" or "I see you are drinking full throttle again"

Backcountry

7/25/17 10:33am

"You might want to go see the Otolaryngologist because it appears you're having some nose problems..."

foofcoug

7/25/17 10:39am

I filled up with gas at a boat shop/gas station

thebruce

7/25/17 10:41am

My wife hasn't checked an account in years. She doesn't remember how to log on.

Slim

7/25/17 10:33am

Separate bank accounts makes this easy

Twin Roots

7/25/17 10:35am

I can't understand how a couple could live this way

Backcountry

7/25/17 10:36am

3 accounts. You each get your fun money into your own account. Do what you want

molodyets

7/25/17 10:41am

I can't imagine sharing accounts with my wife. I would be stressed about what

Ycrazy

7/25/17 10:41am

How can you have unified goals with separate finances?

Backcountry

7/25/17 11:02am

We have budgets (or bills) that we each pay for. She pays for her parts of the

Ycrazy

7/25/17 12:32pm

It's called getting married late 30s with no kids in the house

Twin Roots

7/25/17 10:53am

And both working full time. I love it set up this way

Twin Roots

7/25/17 10:53am

I can see it in that scenario

Backcountry

7/25/17 11:02am

I am that person. My wife is the one who doesn't sneak anything past

Cashmeousside

7/25/17 10:35am

We have a $75 cash budget every two weeks for each of us.

Superman21

7/25/17 10:40am

We do something similar, works great.

mik3

7/25/17 10:41am

My wife is 100% responsible for the finances.

RalphWiggam

7/25/17 10:40am

I manage our accounts, checking them daily. She wouldn't know when I spent the

theOnceler

7/25/17 10:57am

The only way she'd notice is if she saw what I bought

SurreyDad

7/25/17 11:02am

When I was married my wife managed the accounts entirely

Idahofallsblue

7/25/17 11:46am

My wife pays the bills. She complained about a firearm purchase I made

Born2Fish

7/25/17 3:24pm

I do 100% of finances. Could buy a house and she wouldn't know. Wife has no

YouPuntYouDye

7/25/17 4:11pm

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