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[quote=Anonymous]My DH (who also grew up with money--not crazy rich, but way more money then my family had) is also quite anxious about money.  We had separate linked accounts for the first 5 or so years we were married and I think that worked pretty well, so you could look into that.  But for a variety of reasons we recently got a joint account and although he's never hit the roof about a Starbucks trip specifically he does get bothered at some of my spending.  And FTR, we are not in financial trouble of any kind and live well within our means.

We have 2 things which have helped head off a lot of arguments: one, we discuss any planned purchases of more than $150 that aren't related to car, groceries, etc.  So, if I am planning to go shopping for clothes for myself and/or kids I mention this to him and we agree on a budget.  Similarly if he's going to buy clothing we talk about that.

Two, as PPs have mentioned, we agreed to each get a weekly ällowance" of $20.  We can use this for buying lunch, coffee, whatever.  It has made me bring my lunch pretty much every day to offset my coffee purchases...  [/quote]

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