Blue Flamer wrote: For those of you who do not know, SWMBO stands for, SHE WHO MUST BE OBEYED. Rumpole of the Bailey was a British TV show about a henpecked lawyer who always referred to his wife as, "she who must be obeyed", and who always won the case, (like Perry Mason). PBS is the U.S. Public Broadcasting System. It was quite a funny show IMHO.
I had to chuckle at that...my wife's favorite T-shirt is a a Big Dog shirt with "SHE WHO MUST BE OBEYED" on the front. I never knew where it came from until now.
Reality...an interesting concept with no successful applications, that should always be accompanied by a "Do not try this at home" warning.
Hundreds of years from now, it will not matter what my bank account was, the sort of house I lived in, or the kind of car I drove...But the world may be different because I did something so bafflingly crazy that my ruins become a tourist attraction.
"Oooh...ahhhh...that's how this all starts...but then there's running...and screaming..."
Driline wrote: wjstix wrote: Well, with my wife of two years, it seems like any money I spend on anything is a major issue. It didn't make much sense since we both work and have decent salaries, until I found out that those annoying calls we were getting that I figured were just people telemarketing stuff were actually bill collectors calling because she had run up her credit cards and basically stopped making payments on them because there wasn't enough money. To be fair, she wasn't spending the money on herself, but on her unemployed daughter and her baby (we also pay her rent and car payments) and other family members to a lesser extent. So I'm making more money than ever before - and waiting to hear today about a promotional job I applied for that would mean a decent raise - but have less to show for it. Wow...that is scary. Your situation does not look good. Although it sounds like you went into this relationship with eyes wide open. If it were me, I'd be looking for the exit stage left.
wjstix wrote: Well, with my wife of two years, it seems like any money I spend on anything is a major issue. It didn't make much sense since we both work and have decent salaries, until I found out that those annoying calls we were getting that I figured were just people telemarketing stuff were actually bill collectors calling because she had run up her credit cards and basically stopped making payments on them because there wasn't enough money. To be fair, she wasn't spending the money on herself, but on her unemployed daughter and her baby (we also pay her rent and car payments) and other family members to a lesser extent. So I'm making more money than ever before - and waiting to hear today about a promotional job I applied for that would mean a decent raise - but have less to show for it.
Well, with my wife of two years, it seems like any money I spend on anything is a major issue. It didn't make much sense since we both work and have decent salaries, until I found out that those annoying calls we were getting that I figured were just people telemarketing stuff were actually bill collectors calling because she had run up her credit cards and basically stopped making payments on them because there wasn't enough money.
To be fair, she wasn't spending the money on herself, but on her unemployed daughter and her baby (we also pay her rent and car payments) and other family members to a lesser extent. So I'm making more money than ever before - and waiting to hear today about a promotional job I applied for that would mean a decent raise - but have less to show for it.
Wow...that is scary. Your situation does not look good. Although it sounds like you went into this relationship with eyes wide open. If it were me, I'd be looking for the exit stage left.
Well most of what has happened - the baby etc. - happened after the marriage. What was supposed to be a temporary "helping out" with the rent is now going into it's second year. O well.
MONEY IS NOT THE ISSUE HERE.
TIME IS THE ISSUE.
HONEY DO!!!!!!!!!!!!
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