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[quote=Anonymous]"Groceries are the least of your problems. You and she need to get on the same financial page. I would discuss it in front of a marriage counselor. This is seriously deal-breaker stuff. If it was just food, I would offer a work around for that small portion of the budget. The problem you describe in your follow-up post is much bigger than that. Your wife does not understand how the family finances work and is not supportive of you being able to successfully support the family. Either she needs to get on board with your financial goals, she needs to go back to work so that she can afford all of the financial goals she seems to have, or you need to maintain reasonable financial goals and give her only a small portion of the budget that is within her control."

+1, though I'm not convinced the issue is solely the wife.  OP still hasn't said whether their budget can't handle her spending or whether they just have different money values.  And he hasn't said how their relationship is otherwise or what else the wife does that is of value.  OP sounds controlling - it doesn't sound like they've worked through their shared values and goals yet, and he's angry and wants her to change.  Either they haven't spent enough time talking and listening to each other, or she's resentful about other issues and is taking it out on him this by spending money, or one or both of them have more serious issues that need to be worked through with a counselor, but this isn't about what grocery store to use.[/quote]

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