He Wants To Buy Himself A $500 Gaming Console, But His Wife Expects Him To Let Her Spend $500 On Something For Herself Too, And He Doesn’t Want To Because He Just Dropped $10,000 Paying Off The Credit Card Debt She Accumulated

This 30-year-old guy has been married to his 28-year-old wife for 6 years now, and 3 years ago, his wife stopped working.
Unfortunately, the company his wife was working for filed for bankruptcy, and then the pandemic hit, which made it close to impossible for his wife to find another job in her specific industry.
She changed plans to be a stay-at-home mom after she gave birth to their child a year ago, and so he’s the one earning all of the money in their family.
They do have a joint bank account, and all of their bills are paid from that specific account. Also, he and his wife have separate bank accounts.
His separate account serves as his savings account, and he puts half of his income into their joint account while the rest goes into savings.
“I give my wife $100 a week for her personal account for helping around the house and with our kid,” he explained.
“But if she needs something that’s shared for the house or gas money that comes from the joint account. We also go shopping weekly for groceries, and all that comes from the joint account too.”
“She has access to all the money, but I don’t let her spend too much, so that’s why she gets an allowance. She usually just uses her personal money for clothes. Last week she bought a new pair of expensive boots.”
Aside from all of that, his wife did end up racking up a ton of credit card debt that had nothing to do with him, but he mentioned he would pay it for her as she has no way of making money.

Liubov Levytska – stock.adobe.com – illustrative purposes only, not the actual person
A few weeks ago, his job gave him a bonus, so he took that money to pay off the remainder of his wife’s debt, which was $10,000.
Anyway, he then decided that he would like to buy a $500 gaming console to enjoy, and he first questioned his wife if it was alright to spend money on that.
He only asked as a courtesy, and he likes to make his wife feel that he’s making decisions with her every step of the way.
His wife didn’t say yes, she just asked if she could spend $500 on something for herself as well. He was puzzled by her response, as he had just put down $10,000 to pay off all of her debt.
Additionally, she bought expensive boots for herself a week prior, so he wasn’t sure what else she wanted to buy for herself.
“She told me it wasn’t fair if I get to buy something and she doesn’t, but I said I never buy stuff like that,” he continued.
“She said I spend money on food all the time, so it evens out, but I don’t spend that much, maybe like $5 a day for lunch at work. I ended up telling her to just forget about it, I didn’t need to buy the PS5.”
His wife is now accusing him of being a jerk for wanting to not spend any money as opposed to letting her buy something too.
“But I just didn’t want to spend $1000 instead of $500 when I just paid $10k on her debt, so I changed my mind,” he said.
“I can see how she doesn’t see paying off debt as a treat, but it was still a LOT of money, and she also buys fun things all the time with her allowance while I put my extra money into the savings account.”
“I don’t think she likes that I save more than I let us spend because she likes to buy stuff all the time. Her sister is also a SAHM, and her sister’s husband always remarks how he can’t afford all the new clothes she wants to get, so I think this is just some kind of spoiled behavior that their parents taught them.”
He’s left wondering if he is a jerk like his wife said. What do you think?
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