It's pretty common for married couples to split finances. For some couples, it's a meticulous 50-50, and for others it's a bit more relaxed as long as both are paying around the same amount when they can. In some relationships, each pays according to their earnings, and others just have a joint account and consider that all money belongs to both. Whatever one chooses to do, finding out that your spouse has a long-lost child can really shake things up. Suddenly, one partner might be responsible for child support. Even if not, there's a lot of other things the spouse might feel compelled to do if their parental instincts kick in. Birthday presents, spending time with the child, and saving for college are all costly, and they are fine financial parental goals. But when that child isn't yours, and you didn't find out about her until she was an adolescent, the first thing on your mind might be to protect the money that is yours.
That's what our protagonist in today's story thought, and she went to Reddit to seek advice on her predicament. Many Redditors advised that her husband do a paternity test to make sure that the child is actually his, but that's only step one. Read below what other trials and tribulations our protagonist may face as she defends what is hers.
