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Old Dec 20th 2008, 6:38 pm
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Originally Posted by Confucius
How so, Squirty ma'am???
Because......filth!

The term, 'tight as a duck's arse' implies meaness with money - you might not know that expression so I forgive you on this occasion.
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Originally Posted by Spugsy
Never is pet, never, ever, ever respond....
I'll pretend you didn't write that...And I didn't read that...
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Originally Posted by Squirty Cream
Because......filth!

The term, 'tight as a duck's arse' implies meaness with money - you might not know that expression so I forgive you on this occasion.
I would amaze half of England with my knowledge in the language...
The stupid half, that is...
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Never is pet, never, ever, ever respond....
The poor man would wither away if nobody responded to him........
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Aaaah...And may I say, fetching photo...
thankyou kind sir.
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thankyou kind sir.
There was no kindness in what I said...
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There was no kindness in what I said...
oh..well then,piss off.
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oh..well then,piss off.
Errr...Filth???
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Errr...Filth???
dont be so silly...thats not even close!
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dont be so silly...thats not even close!
Hah!!!
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Originally Posted by Squirty Cream
An absolute revelation - I should obviously have married you, but didn't listen to my better instincts.
I'm not as practical or easy to live with in many regards . A man should be a good provider anyway, in many regards the upkeep of a relationship tends to fall on women once the initial courting is over and men tend to move towards a material contribution.

There is no silver bullet for issues of the bank account.

I guess from a personal perspective I've always just hoped that the person who I fell in love with would have similar financial goals to me and the ability to sit down to talk about a situation calmly (although the latter may require me to marry a man ).

Whats on your mind then Squirty?
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My money and Mrs Inse's money both go into our joint account. She gets an allowance in cash every month which she has to spend on herself. If we didnt do it that way she wouldnt buy herself anything out of the joint account. all bills and general expenses come out of the joint account
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Originally Posted by Squirty Cream
An absolute revelation - I should obviously have married you, but didn't listen to my better instincts.
It's not true - we're more complex than that. For instance, whilst I need money for beer, cars do not interest me but I am partial to decent wines, spirits, high end laptops and big screen TVs. I have been known on occasion to buy my own clothing too...but that was quite painful and I now take a female to help me with that.

See...not as shallow as we seem eh?

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Originally Posted by Squirty Cream
I am English, but I've lived here for many, many years and was married to a non-English person (can't call him a man) who is as tight as a duck's arse in the financial and emotional sense, excuse my language.
You are not my ex-wife in disguise are you? Oh I just remembered that I am English so you can't mean me.
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Default Re: What should a man pay for in a marriage

Originally Posted by Squirty Cream
Should he pay for everything? Should expenses be shared if the wife is working? Is the money a woman earns all her own to spend as she pleases .........?
He should pay for everything of course, what a stupid question...The missus needs any extra money to spend on designer jewelry and stuff.

Us blokes don´t need money anyway..A £50 note for beer, footy on the telly and we´re happy.
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