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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]New poster here. [b]Regardless of other things[/b], it is wrong when one spouse prohibits the other to spend $100-200 here and there. Unless of course money is super tight. 
On a different note- your poor son. 
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"Regardless of other things" is what this all turns on.  Sure, in a perfect marriage/perfect world, a DH that withhold $200 is a controlling jerk.  But what if DH has been asking OP to go back to work for 5 years, and OP has refused?  What if OP's son had a decent job offer last summer making $15 an hour (enough to give him all his spending money for the school year), but he blew it off just to do 15 hours a week of campaigning -- and the DH said at the time he strongly disagreed with that decision and wouldn't be compensating the son for the difference - but the mom and son nonetheless decided to do the campaigning?  What if OP is financially irresponsible and has been racking up credit card debt for years, and money is a huge source of tension in their lives?  What if the son has never had a job, was a layabout in high school, is doing lousy in college, and it's been a source of tension for years and years that OP has been coddling him?  Even if DH has the money, he's be totally within his rights to withhold the $100 every month in these situations, wouldn't he?

OP has been pretty limited with her information, and pretty slow to respond to posters questions.  I'm guessing some of the above scenarios aren't outside the realm of possibilities.  [/quote]

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