NEED TO KNOW

The couple has shared finances for over 20 years, but the husband regularly comments on the cost of the wife’s small purchases

She secretly redirected about 20% of her annual bonus into an account of her own

Now, she's wondering if she's wrong for putting away money for her own expenses

A woman turned to the Reddit community for advice after finding herself torn between transparency and personal peace.

She explained that she and her husband had been married for more than two decades and had always shared their finances completely. “We operate our accounts jointly with all of our salaries being paid into the joint account,” she wrote, adding that every bill and their mortgage came from that shared pool.

Despite earning “approx 25% more” than her husband, she said their

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