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[quote=Anonymous]Married 21 years.  No real red flags with wife for a good 12 or so years.  When we got together it became apparent after a couple years that her mom is exceptionally irresponsible with money, spending more than she has coming in, now cant afford to buy a house and is renting.

My wife has developed very concerning financial habits and has no respect for saving money.  Believes you don’t achieve financial security by saving. She spends everything she makes and maxes out every credit card she has access to.  I cancelled all joint CC and have to have separate checking account that I will put money in as needed, so that it doesn’t get wasted.

I am 52 and make 500k a year approx, she makes 60k.  I pay every bill, tuition and such, she blows her 60k and was recently trying to have less taxes taken out so she could bring home more weekly, putting the burden of paying her taxes on me.

If she has access to 5k it will be gone in a week.  A cc with a 10k limit will be maxed out in a month.  Learned behavior from mom, who spent them out of owning a home and set the example to always lie about money and purchases to husband.

This may be a case where “cheaper to keep her” doesn’t apply.[/quote]

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