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[quote=Anonymous]My husband and I make just over $200K.  My salary is about twice his, $135K vs $70K.  We share a joint account that we pay all the household bills out of.  Our fixed living expenses total roughly $3,000 monthly.  We are very lucky and live very comfortably.  He contributes $1400 per month to the $3k of expenses.

I am pregnant, due in July and plan on taking 3-4 months of time off.  About half this time will be paid and half unpaid.  On my own, I will have been able to save three months salary ($18-$20K) since I found out I'm pregnant.  DH hasn't saved anything during this time.  He plans on quitting his job after I go back to work to look after the baby.  He's been at the same job for a while with no real advancement and would ultimately like to start his own business which I'm very supportive of.  We have grandparents nearby and part time child care is available if/when he needs to make appts for his business so while it will be difficult, I have faith it will work out.  Worst case scenario he goes back to work and we put her in day care.

He has about $9K in credit card debt which has increased from $3k only a couple years ago.  I have asked him to get that paid off as quickly as possible so we don't have any credit card debt once the baby is born.  We will tap into the savings I've accumulated during the time I'm not being paid, but I also want to have a decent amount in savings once the baby arrives so I've told him not to assume he will get to use that to pay off the credit card debt.

My question is this:  we have fights somewhat regularly about his playing golf.  (I know, this sound hopelessly bourgeois) He wants to play every weekend which costs roughly $40-$70 depending on where and what time he plays.  I have asked him to play every other weekend instead in hopes he will pay more toward the credit card debt, but he thinks this is unreasonable.  He does work hard, but I find it frustrating that I'm saving every penny I can and he doesn't seem to think that's very important.  Am I asking to much to make it every other weekend?  [/quote]

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