When I was married things would go this way......

My wife and I would give ourselves "an allowance" every two weeks. This was for purely discretionary spending. You could do whatever you wanted with it although we did agree to let the other know if we were spending over $500. Obviously a weeks allowance wouldn't get a major upgrade so you'd just save it up until you reached your goal.

Prevented a lot of stress.

BTW Happy Birthday.

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