Lets say that the husband is the one who works 100% to support the family, and the wife stays at home, and both the husband and wife split the housework 50-50. (that includes cooking, washing clothes, everything).
He does not want his wife to go crazy spending money on shoes and $500 hand bags, and she does not want him going crazy spending money on $500 rims for his car.
So he comes up with this idea: He will pay for all of the monthly regular family expenses (mortgage, furniture, insurance, food, medicine, auto costs, utilities), but for all other things, like toys, electronics, entertainment, travel, clothes, cosmetics, non-maintenance things for cars, shoes, handbags = each of them will have only $500 to spend each month on such things, no more. Sort of like an 'Allowance' for each of them. This way the essentials in life get paid, but they don't have to worry about the other side going CRAZY with any unusual spending.
Is this a good way to prevent financial abuse in a marriage?
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