So my wife and I just finished a conversation that started two weeks ago, at least so I think. Basically we've been married for 8 years, during which we were both active duty military. I retired 2 years ago, she retired 4 months ago. We finally agreed on a joint account, 80/20 split my income and she keeps about $500.00 of her income to save.
Somehow we went from a joint account to me being a sole provider. My wife is upset because I never fathomed the idea of me being the sole provider. I explained the dynamics of our finances when we were both in the military and how we never discussed me being the sole provider after she retired.
My point, in this day and age there aren't very many families where the husband is the sole provider, the couple both contributes to a joint account to cover all household expenses etc. So for peace sake I agreed to cover the majority of the house hold expenses, however any luxury expenses she would have to cover, ie eating out etc.
Am I wrong here or does someone sound selfish?
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