Who do you care for and support in your relationship

[Rick1079 0]

It's the thought that counts, not how much or how little you give.

[jacko 8,822]

It's the thought that counts, not how much or how little you give.

Well I thought about it, then thought better of it!

[Gary 4,119]

I take a different approach. My wife is tighter than the bark on a tree and she HATED to ask me for money. She definitely wasn't happy to ask me for money every few days. I had her sit down and work out our monthly expenses. She came up with the figure of 20,000 baht per month. That amount pays the household expenses for everything including my cigarettes and clothes. I have been giving her 25,000 baht per month for the past three or four years. She has managed to bank about 5,000 baht per month. What she does with her extra money is up to her. Prices have gone up and she is due for a raise soon but since her bank account is quite healthy she has not said much. I do pay for big ticket items but those purchases are few and far between. It works well for us.

[jacko 8,822]

I take a different approach. My wife is tighter than the bark on a tree and she HATED to ask me for money. She definitely wasn't happy to ask me for money every few days. I had her sit down and work out our monthly expenses. She came up with the figure of 20,000 baht per month. That amount pays the household expenses for everything including my cigarettes and clothes. I have been giving her 25,000 baht per month for the past three or four years. She has managed to bank about 5,000 baht per month. What she does with her extra money is up to her. Prices have gone up and she is due for a raise soon but since her bank account is quite healthy she has not said much. I do pay for big ticket items but those purchases are few and far between. It works well for us.

Mine figured out some amount for her living costs, and I give her that, I pay all the household costs/bills over and above.

So she got this allowance.

Just found out she is managing to squirrel away a few thousand in a 'secret little bank book' every month.

When I suggested that this could be put in the 'build a house in the village' fund, she looked at me like I was nuts.

[Gary 4,119]

Once in a while when I go into town, she gives me her ATM card and asks me to draw out some money for her. No secrets here.

[jacko 8,822]

Once in a while when I go into town, she gives me her ATM card and asks me to draw out some money for her. No secrets here.

Yes trusting souls aren't they.

I often get behind one at the ATM who seems to be drawing cash for all and sundry at work, fiddling with little scraps of paper with numbers scribbled on! Found out that a lady nearby was performing that service, and keeping half of what she withdrew.....

it was only her mother though!