Originally posted by tabl10s I am. She has "Her Money" and I have "Mine".
Well, I meant that as a rhetorical comment, I didn't really mean to nose into your personal business.
I am fortunate to have a wife who has little personal interest in camera gear, but supports my hobby and appreciates the outcome. But I always tell her when I spend some money. Everyone's way of doing things is different. The thing you and we are doing in common is budgeting, however you want to define that.
In our case, when we started a family, she cut her hours down to part time. So the income is no longer equal. Which means the mad money is not equal. Our solution is to discuss all our non-trival expenditures. Sometimes that is after the fact, but that is okay by our rules too.
So far we are still married. I wish I could say the same about my sister, who found out her husband had some hidden accounts.