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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think you are both right, OP.  I think it makes sense to want to spend more on your day to day meals, kids clothes and camps.  I would probably want that too. 
I can also see your husband’s side in keeping those expenses down and spending the money on a home theater or expensive vacation.  And his budget for you isn’t crazy low.

I think the problem is that you both are smart people with strong personalities who are used to being right.  Neither of you are willing to be kind of a follower and acquiesce to the other.  You are both also probably friends with people similar to yourselves, who are the dominant people in their marriages, so you find this even more baffling.  “None of my friends wives/husbands are like this…”[/quote]

I feel like I got found out.  Do you know us?  Do you know my friends? Did you also write the previous post about the day to day beans and rice vs splurgy dinners?  Because I never thought about it that way, but thinking on it more, it's probably true that we have different mindsets with regard to our spending.  I do feel like my spouse lacks basic understanding of ALL of the things that need to be paid for and purchased to keep a family and household running.[/quote]

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