Originally Posted by kane

My brother had a similar experience, but in reverse. For a lot of years his wife was a stay at home mom. They were broke and needed her to work but she always had excuses for why she didn't. Eventually their kids got older and were in school all day so she finally got a part time job. That extra cash was going to help them out in a big way. When she got paid she didn't want to deposit the money into their joint account because "It was her money that she earned."

He says looking back that was one of the first signs they were headed for divorce.