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To think our money should be shared?

109 replies

Keepgoing88 · 22/10/2019 05:51

Firstly I should say I'm not sure if I do think the money we have should be shared but I wasn't sure where to put this post!
I'm married and have 3 kids under 7. I work 2 days a week and my husband full time. After bills / food / kids activities and child care I have around £100 left, most of which gets spent on extra food, petrol etc but is my little buffer. My husband, after paying mortgage and bills has about £1250 left. I don't get any of that unless I ask. He claims it's coz I'm not great with money (I'm not too bad!). Sometimes I think maybe I should get more but I hate broaching the subject. If I ask and he has some he would give me money but I hate asking so just don't really spend much on myself. What would you do would you just ask for more money? If I complain he often says well why don't i get a better paid job. My work is not that badly paid and the hours fit fairly well around DC so for now I don't see how I can do that.

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maddening · 22/10/2019 16:42

Ask him for £600 each month

sanchezz · 22/10/2019 16:51

God this is so very very sad. I feel completely depressed reading it.
OP, how could you ever think this is a marriage?
He sounds like the lowest of the low. Imagine watching your wife survive in £100 per week; reducing her to asking for handouts and making her feel guilty for having HIS third child. I just can’t believe it.
How can you love him? How can you have even an ounce of respect for him? How bad does it have to get OP?
I am genuinely shocked that any woman lived like this - ever. Let alone in 2019.
There is nothing he can do that would ever make this up to you. Nothing. I hope you see that you have to leave him. Your children deserve so much better and so do you. It is truly appalling that he has reduced you to this state. I can’t believe it. Please get away from him.

ShipShapeandBristolFashion · 22/10/2019 17:01

How on earth is that fair? Of course you should pool your combined earnings and share. Your earnings are lower because you only work 2 days to enable you to care for HIS children!!

Switcher33 · 22/10/2019 17:49

To be honest I don't necessarily NEED the money he has I can manage I just feel like I'm living such a frugal life all the time.

OP why do you have such low expectations Sad You deserve much better than this.

SalemShadow · 22/10/2019 21:57

@Sanchezz it's not £100 a week it's £100 a month!!!!

Zerrin13 · 22/10/2019 23:19

Yet another woman eating that shit sandwich and thinking it's all she deserves

WagtailRobin · 23/10/2019 00:03

I think the important question you should be asking OP is to yourself, "Why am I allowing myself to be treated this way?".

You have three children fathered by him, you run a household, you cook, you clean, you work part time, you more than contribute to the family that he and you have created, his regret concerning the third child is totally irrelevant, you didn't get pregnant alone.

I am a very strong believer in never asking, I believe a partner should offer, he knows you work part time, he knows how expensive food and essentials for children can be, he isn't stupid, he clearly knows you have next to nothing left each month for your self/for small extras. How do you deal with Christmas for example, does he contribute? Children's birthdays?

This actually makes me feel quite sad, to know that any woman (or even man) is being degraded and economically abused, you need to speak to him, it doesn't matter if he thinks he is "never wrong", you put your cards on the table and you tell him. No one is saying he should be left penniless but for fuck sake you should have a bit more each month, you need a bit more for a half decent standard of living, why shouldn't you be able to treat yourself from time to time? Or to stash an amount away for the future? Or for whatever reason.

He is a selfish prick and I hate all narrative on Mumsnet about "leave the bastard" etc but honestly you need to draw a line, he is a dick!

Lanurk · 23/10/2019 00:13

I used to split everything 50/50 with my dp even the he earns about 1/3 more than me. He used to say I was rubbish with money because I never had any left but that I should ask if I was short Hmm
One day I sat him down with a list of incomings and outgoings and asked him what parts I ought to cut in order to have some money left at the end of the month. We now split things 70/30 and he’s made it clear I need to shout for extra for clothes for the kids etc because he didn’t really think about where the money went.

Lanurk · 23/10/2019 00:16

Sorry I hit post too soon. My point is, if he added up all the childcare you do and the cost of a cleaner etc he’d see you’re worth more. If he’s unwilling to entertain that train of thought then you might need to consider going your separate ways as it’s not fair.

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