How does marriage affect your money perspective?
Filed under: Relationships, Budget Advice, After the 'I Do's'
I guess the concept of "ours" is only applicable to bills and not assets for this couple. I guess that will keep things simple for them when they divorce, anyway. But really, when you marry a person, you are planning on forever, right? Are you going to keep score forever? If the wealthy wife's poor husband suddenly got into debt (say, he gets sick and needs an expensive prescription), would she not bail him out, even if she had leftover money? Would she pay for what he needs, but make him pay it back? With interest? Would she spend all of her extra cash on fun things for herself, parading around her new toys in front of her husband who can afford nothing? Do they ask for two checks whenever they eat out?
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