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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Joint credit card.

I am dependent on my husband's visa and not allowed to work (visa work prohibitions vary, this one is strict). It took me years to persuade my husband that it was only fair to have a joint credit card account.

It's mind-boggling that men still think keeping their wives under tight financial control is OK. Not what I initially signed up for![/quote]
Are you both Indian?[/quote]

Why do you ask? Is this typical of Indian men? Ugh [/quote]

:roll: DP here.  DH and I are both Indians. I think my DH is very much like  the typical Indian male in our social class/circle both in the US and in India.  He always wanted to be  the provider and thus never let me contribute any of my earnings. All my money and assets remain in my name, though everything he has earned is jointly in our name.  Maybe it is not equal, but I can live with this kind of inequality.  :wink:

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Really?[/quote]

Sure. Chivalry is not the same as misogyny. And he has to obviously be is a high earner to not need his wife's earnings.  Why is the wife who is upset about the lack of joint credit card in the relationship at all? She is obviously not able to contribute because she cannot work, but what is stopping her from kicking his ass to the curb?[/quote]

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