‘Get a job or I’m putting you on an allowance’: 34-year-old working husband forces stay-at-home wife to get a job due to frivilous spending, she considers divorce in retaliation

Divorce rates are so high that half of marriages end in them. In this story, finances are the posit to this couple's marital struggles. The wife is a stay-at-home mom, which isn't necessarily the problem. The problem lies in her frivolous and frequent spending of their money. The husband is frustrated because he feels like she spends all of his money on things she doesn't need. I could understand where he's coming from. It's difficult to be in a relationship or marriage where you're not on the same page with finances, especially for the husband who's the bread winner.

He tells her to stop spending so much of his money, but maybe he could have been a little more tactful with his words, and he tells her he'll have to put her on an allowance. Talk about demeaning, huh? They have an argument, and it gets to the point where she even threatens divorce due to his words. Read the full story below for all the juicy details.

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AITA for telling my wife either she gets a job or i'm putting her on an allowance?

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Money is an easy point of contention in marriages or long-term relationships. If the two people don't completely see eye-to-eye, then it's easy to fight over money, especially when one is the worker and supporting the whole family, and the other sits at home all day.
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