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Old 01-27-2008, 09:40 PM   #1 (permalink)
MrsLV
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Hi all. I'm a regular member of this site, but have been away for a couple of months due to a change in employment status.
Let me first give you a brief history of my marriage-then and now.
We got married six months ago, and are very open and honest with each other. We share things and aren't selfish with each other. We know passwords, friends, etc-we leave our cell phones out in the open and don't hide anything.
Well, that's how I viewed things.
In the beginning of our marriage, my husband was in barber school, so he had no income. That was fine, because I was working full time temporarily (i'm disabled, so eventually I was going to have to quit my job). Well, instead of having to quit, they layed me off-so I have unemployment income in addition to my disability income-and child support.
My husband graduated around Thanksgiving, and began working as a barber. The only bank accounts we have were initially mine until I added his name to them, and he manages our money quite efficiently. The problem I'm having is that my money is an open book because he can see it online, whereas his money is nowhere to be seen because he get's paid in cash. I'm having an issue with that because I feel that I should know how much money he has, too, since we share my money. I know he just started working and makes just enough to pay booth rent and a little extra for the little nic-knacs like bus fair, beer, etc.
Lately, though, I've been feeling resentful. It seems that he's always questioning the accounts and how much I spend at the store, etc...but I can't question him because I have no idea what he has.
Am I being petty? I'm wondering how other couples handle bank accounts, finances, shared bills, etc.
Please give me feedback. He knows somethings wrong with me, but I don't want to go into it with him if I'm wrong for feeling this way.
Please give me your feedback. Thanks
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