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Originally Posted by J. Strnad
Married 32 years, same spouse.
Money breaks up more marriages than infidelity. It is indeed about "courtesy" and mutual respect to discuss financial matters with your spouse when the purchase is big enough to have a material effect on your finances. In my household, several hundred bucks is enough to do that.
BTW, coming from a lower middle class background, now working for a school district, I'm constantly wowed by those who talk about buying an iPad for Dad for Father's Day or who treat a $600 expenditure as pocket change. That's big bucks in my world!
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26 years here, and you're absolutely right about mutual respect, which might be why we've made it this long.