One theme I see over and over again as I read various personal finance books, magazines and websites is that husbands and wives often have different thoughts, feelings, expectations and the like when it comes to money. Consider the following from Kiplinger's June issue:
More than 80% of affluent married women say they share equally in making financial decisions with their husbands. But only 44% of husbands agree.
Ha!
My wife and I do not share equally in making financial decisions (at least that's what I'd say -- who knows her take on it?) We do make the overall decisions together (such as "we'll save for retirement") but then I execute the plan (how we save, where we save, etc.) We also have two times of the year when we discuss the big picture parts of our finances -- in December when we make our budget for the next year and in July when I give her my annual update on our net worth. Working this way is not a bad thing at all -- I enjoy managing the money and she doesn't want a lot to do with it.
For some more interesting tidbits on money and marriage, see these links:
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