I am frugal, she is the spender.

I am frugal, been saving and investing 401k's IRA's since the early 80's and have accumulated a nice retirement in 10 or 15 years The problem is now. My wife's spending is accelerating. I always pay our investment accounts first, and until a few years ago we had plenty of money left over. My wife developed a lifestyle, Sushi with the girlfriends, spa treatments, botox, plastic surgery, a certain taste in clothing etc Then, the recession hit. Income begins to regress, year after year until it is now half what it was before the recession This has not stopped my wife, not only has she apparently not noticed the reduction of income, she has stepped it up The marriage has deteriorated for many reasons, not the least of which is her wild eyed spending We are now separated, She emptied the cash out of the bank ($61k) and I had to take control of the $. I am paying the bills making sure things get done, she is whining about not having enough money!!!! I hate the idea of divorce, but financially I would be better off

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