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"It's money, I earn it"

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GilbertMarkham · 05/05/2020 11:04

This is apparently the way things are in my household/marriage.

I feel think I should know about and have input into the overall financial picture in our household.

Hid opinion is the above.

He thinks that he pays for everything, therefore that's enough/fair .. and that I have no right to know in detail or get involved in the overall finances.

He works full-time in a fairly well paid job. Part of the reason for the good pay is that he works on projects in London, which (before lockdown) required fortnightly stays overnight or two nights there while I obviously look after DD alone. He'll return to this when able.

I have been working two or three days a week for a while. My hours are limited by drop off and pick up times for nursery, as my work is an hour away. The money I made doing this (before lockdown) didn't really have an impact. By the time unpaid travel expenses etc. If was mainly to get me back into work after maternity. We have one DD. We moved from where we were living when our DD was about 4 months as we weren't cooing without support from family (and also it was difficult to get in the housing ladder where we were).

He pays for everything, including the low mortgage on a house I own from before we married if it's not rented out.

My view is that since we had a child, his salary is family/household money, not "his" money. I can't work full-time as I look after DD two/three days, do 90% of drop.offs and pickups on the days I was working. Stay off 100% of the time off for illness, do 99% of appointments, and do the overnights mentioned above.

I don't think most people in a marriage would feel happy or invested with his attitude. He thinks it's fine because he pays for everything he should - but it's still very much his money.

He also said he didn't want me/I didn't have s right UK make him give details and justify what he spends on what .. probably because I'm more frugal on average than he is and he knows I might be critical/frustrated.

OP posts:
GilbertMarkham · 07/05/2020 17:10

I got talking to a man in a charity shop whose son runs a practice in this area somewhere and I could try them, I heard they were shit to work for which is why I didn't before, but if it's short-term ....

OP posts:
GilbertMarkham · 07/05/2020 17:12

Thanks again everybody.

I'll be reading through the thread on an ongoing basis (quite hard to take everything in and digest it quickly).

OP posts:
TigerDater · 07/05/2020 17:17

I think that's good thinking OP. I made massive changes to my career plan to accommodate what I felt to be the most important parts of being a mother to my children, without compromising either role unduly. It can be done. Good luck. (You're obviously pretty tough for putting up with the ridiculous character assassinations you've had thrown at you, so you'll be fine.)

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