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Arguments with spouse over money

Posted on 7/31/17 at 9:17 pm
Posted by danilo
Member since Nov 2008
20152 posts
Posted on 7/31/17 at 9:17 pm
Everyone says one of the subjects married people argue over most is money. I am not married so I am curious what the issues could be if I were to get married.

What aspects of money are couples fighting over? Is it trying to live a lifestyle in excess of what they can afford?

I'll hang up and listen
Posted by DCtiger1
Panama City Beach
Member since Jul 2009
8780 posts
Posted on 7/31/17 at 9:18 pm to
One makes way more than the other, thus causing friction on who should pay for what.
Posted by OWLFAN86
The OT has made me richer
Member since Jun 2004
175985 posts
Posted on 7/31/17 at 9:18 pm to
how, when to spend it on what and how much and how often
Posted by stout
Smoking Crack with Hunter Biden
Member since Sep 2006
167313 posts
Posted on 7/31/17 at 9:19 pm to
When your ex forges your name and liquidates your 401K all to support her drug and banging other dudes habit you will understand.
Posted by Sprung
In between the cusions
Member since Apr 2008
1942 posts
Posted on 7/31/17 at 9:19 pm to
They argue about not having any.
Posted by DavidTheGnome
Monroe
Member since Apr 2015
29174 posts
Posted on 7/31/17 at 9:19 pm to
quote:

who should pay for what.


Terrible way to approach marriage imo. You're in it together
Posted by pjab
Member since Mar 2016
5647 posts
Posted on 7/31/17 at 9:20 pm to
Need items are easy to discuss. It's the Wants that cause trouble.
Posted by Bullfrog
Institutionalized but Unevaluated
Member since Jul 2010
56285 posts
Posted on 7/31/17 at 9:21 pm to
quote:

What aspects of money are couples fighting over? Is it trying to live a lifestyle in excess of what they can afford?
Nope.

The bitch just doesn't seem to understand the 22' boat is too small. It's time to upgrade but all I get is pushback about needing money for food and shoes for the baby.

This just sucks, man.
Posted by DCtiger1
Panama City Beach
Member since Jul 2009
8780 posts
Posted on 7/31/17 at 9:21 pm to
You misunderstood my point. Income inequality is a huge issue. If one makes 100,000 and one makes 30,000, you can be "in it together" while still having issues. Sorry I don't bust my arse to give all my money to my wife.
Posted by jdeval1
Member since Dec 2009
7525 posts
Posted on 7/31/17 at 9:22 pm to
Y'all probably won't make the same amount and usually 1 person is budget oriented and the other is a free spender. The person that manages the money (it's almost always 1 person) ends up being the bad guy/girl and has to say no about some purchases/vacations etc. Give the female a free spending account, maybe a few hundred per month if yall can afford it, and make her stick to a budget otherwise if you want to be happy.
This post was edited on 7/31/17 at 10:33 pm
Posted by RogerTheShrubber
Juneau, AK
Member since Jan 2009
260877 posts
Posted on 7/31/17 at 9:22 pm to
Usually because one spends more on themselves than the other does.
Posted by Paddyshack
Land of the Free
Member since Sep 2015
8336 posts
Posted on 7/31/17 at 9:23 pm to
quote:

When your ex forges your name and liquidates your 401K all to support her drug and banging other dudes habit you will understand.


You wanna talk about it?
Posted by yellowfin
Coastal Bar
Member since May 2006
97651 posts
Posted on 7/31/17 at 9:23 pm to
Not enough of it
Posted by bird35
Georgia
Member since Sep 2012
12201 posts
Posted on 7/31/17 at 9:24 pm to
Say you want a boat for 10,000. Since it is a toy you agree to save up and pay cash for it.

You are almost there and you have 8,000 saved.

She decides you need to get the house painted and new living room furniture and you are being selfish if you don't happily use the money you have been saving for the last 18 months.

Posted by Emteein
Baton Rouge
Member since Jun 2011
3888 posts
Posted on 7/31/17 at 9:24 pm to
Been married 5 years haven't argued over money ever. However, I do have a laundry list of really stupid trivial shite that we have argued about.
Posted by OweO
Plaquemine, La
Member since Sep 2009
113972 posts
Posted on 7/31/17 at 9:24 pm to
quote:

Is it trying to live a lifestyle in excess of what they can afford?


I am sure this is the case more than not. I know one married couple in particular who makes it obvious they are "keeping up with the Jones'".

They started having kids around the same time someone else they were friends with, started having their kids. From there, the other couple bought a certain vehicle, well a month later they decided to buy the same vehicle, but with the full package.

Other couple took their kids to Disney world, they buy a timeshare to Disney, etc, etc.

They are miserable. They always fighting.. In front of people. Complain about money problems, etc.. I don't wish it on them but they will likely eventually divorce. And their are a lot of people who try to keep up with the Jones'. So I am pretty sure that's a problem.

I rather be the Jones'... Ya heard?
Posted by PrivatePublic
Member since Nov 2012
17848 posts
Posted on 7/31/17 at 9:25 pm to
Women suck with money. That is the source of all arguments.
Posted by caliegeaux
Member since Aug 2004
10165 posts
Posted on 7/31/17 at 9:25 pm to
With mine, she thinks that even though we're married, I still have to pay for the cookie.
Posted by RogerTheShrubber
Juneau, AK
Member since Jan 2009
260877 posts
Posted on 7/31/17 at 9:26 pm to
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If one makes 100,000 and one makes 30,000, you can be "in it together" while still having issues. Sorry I don't bust my arse to give all my money to my wife.


#foreversingle
Posted by Bushmaster
19th Hole
Member since Oct 2008
39627 posts
Posted on 7/31/17 at 9:26 pm to
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This post was edited on 8/1/17 at 5:27 am
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