@deprecated_ii this has not been my experience with my marriage. We make sure that we are on the same page with our budget and we currently have no debt (except our house mortgage).

I am likely an outlier when it comes to this sort of thing, because I have heard far too many horror stories with men who have wives that lack any long term thinking and spend like drunken sailors.

Both my wife and I grew up in non-wealthy households, so that might have something to do with it.