Handing Over the Reigns

For some time now my wife has controlled our family fiances. Early on we discovered that I am not that great with money and made some poor decisions that got us into some financial trouble. At the time she asked if we could temporarily try a system where she would have absolute control of the money and major household decisions. I would still have input and so forth but when we disagreed she would have the final say. I was feeling pretty humble at the time and agreed to a 6 month trial period. It was a bit of blow to my ego to confess but she was drastically better at not only the money but really in being "The Man of the House." She was soon able to get us out the hole that I had dug and things have been drastically better in our marriage, we almost never argue anymore, we have more money than we thought and so on. The 6 month trial period expired long ago but we have just kept things going with her holding the reigns.

Now out of the blue, she has presented me with a contract that she has written that more or less spells out the division of labor/authority in our relationship. There is nothing in the contract that I really object to, its pretty much what we have already been doing but for some reason I am hesitating to sign it, as I don't see the reason. She says having it in writing will make her feel "more empowered"? I'm not quite sure how to take that. I makes me feel suspicious for some reason but of what exactly, I don't know. Would you sign something like that?

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