This industry is tough on relationships. I've always thought that my wife should have a credit up alongside mine because I couldn't do what I do without her support.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Joining finances can be tricky. Money has long topped the list of topics couples fight about.
This would be a much better world if more married couples were as deeply in love as they are in debt.
I don't believe I could work as effectively at what I do without the support of my wife.
Women don't get the credit they deserve.
In every union roles are assumed, some traditional, some not. My husband used to pay his own bills, I used to call my own repairman. But as marriages progress, you surrender areas of your own competence, often without even knowing it.
Marriage is a financial contract; I have enough contracts already.
Most women outlive their spouses. Divorce remains at record rates. It's important for a woman to be able to control her finances.
Though it might be invidious to mention individuals, yet I may be allowed to say how much I owe to the constant help of my wife, not quite my first, but much my most consistent collaborator, and over the longest period of years.
In a relationship where finances are shared, it's important that both people know what's going on. If one spouse likes being the family accountant, it's fine for that person to take the lead, but the other spouse shouldn't be in the dark.
I could never have gotten back into my career without the undying support of my husband, who works full time at a stressful job! We decided that we were going to do this as total partners and it is a 50/50 deal with us.