Brewsncrabs
Well-Known Member
Wife used to give me $20 for gas per week. $15 went in tank and $5 went in the ash tray! Once a year I would buy a new G Loomis fishing rod. Now I get whatever I want so no stash needed.
From what I can tell, there's two kinds of cash reserves being discussed here; emergency cash reserves - which I do keep a few hundred in a safe, and "hide from the wife" money. Four different couples that I'm friends with operate on the same system; they each have a 'slush fund' account at the bank. Both his and her paychecks get deposited into a joint account, and then a monthly "allowance" gets automatically transferred to the slush fund, and the other person has absolutely no say in what gets purchased. One couple, she blows her 'allowance' each month on massages and gourmet coffee; he saves his up for a couple months and buys a new pair of work boots or an air compressor.
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