His Wife Wouldn’t Buy His Daughter A Pair Of Earrings, So He Decided To Separate Their Finances And He’s Willing To End Their Marriage Over This
A 36-year-old man is married to his 45-year-old wife, and into their marriage, they each brought a daughter that they had from previous relationships.
He has a 15-year-old daughter named Pen, and his wife has a 17-year-old daughter named Amy.
He’s been married to his wife for a decade, so when they got together, their daughters were quite young. For the most part, they’ve been able to blend their families together quite well.
Now, as soon as he got together with his wife, he let her take over their finances, and they share a bank account.
He makes around $180,00 to $200,000 annually, while his wife makes around $70,000 to $80,000.
So, they make good money, and they don’t need to nickel and dime their daughters on things, yet his wife always does.
“My wife has the weird fixation on having the kids ”earn” their stuff, and while I agree, both of our daughters are well-behaved, good students, and kind,” he explained.
“I don’t see why they have to earn every single thing daily, for example; if my daughter is working in the kitchen at night, and goes to sleep without putting her laptop away because she’ll work again in the morning, then my wife decides that she can’t eat anything sweet that day.”
He has told his wife that he doesn’t agree with her parenting practices, and it’s not just his daughter Pen that his wife treats this way; she also treats her daughter Amy like this too.
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Amy is a pretty forgetful person and she constantly is leaving her belongings around the house, which his wife is quick to punish Amy for.
A day ago, this dad was at home relaxing while his wife took Pen and Amy to purchase Mother’s Day presents for his mother-in-law.
At 5 that night, his daughter Pen returned home and told him something that he found extremely upsetting.
“Around 5 pm my daughter came to my room and said that my wife bought Amy a necklace and when she asked for a pair of earrings she loved, my wife refused because the night before she stayed up until late watching Netflix when she knows she can’t do it,” he said.
“This isn’t the first time my wife reuses to buy my daughter things and honestly, it boils my blood, my daughter is a really good kid, and I work hard to make sure my family has every or most of the things they want just for my wife to tell them ”no” because they are kids being kids.”
As soon as he saw his wife that night, he confronted her, saying her parenting is terrible and he’s not standing for it anymore.
He also insisted that it wasn’t right of her to buy Amy something and refuse to let Pen have something too.
He asked his wife to go to therapy with him so they can confront this issue head-on and come up with a solution.
Finally, he let his wife know that he would be separating their finances and no longer keeping a joint bank account for them to pull money out of.
He did fully intend to have an account for emergency funds, but that was it. What this means is that his wife is going to have to foot half of their utility bills and a couple of the rest of their bills.
His wife really doesn’t pay for anything and uses her money to save to send Amy to college or do “fun” things with.
His wife got upset that this means she won’t have as much money now, and she accused him of trying to control her with money all because of some earrings.
His wife also told her mom and dad about all of this, and his father-in-law thinks he’s a terrible person now.
Although the heat of the moment has passed, his wife is still declining to attend therapy with him, which he finds necessary for saving their relationship.
“This will be my hill to die on,” he continued. “If she doesn’t agree by next Wednesday, I’m sure we will divorce.”
Do you think he’s right to take a stand against his wife, even if it spells the end of their marriage?
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