The money belongs to the family. I understand wanting money to do little things for yourself (get your nails done, hair done, facials, and etc) but the money belongs to the family. If I got married I would want us to live off of one salary and put the other salary into a family savings for investing to bring in a residual income. It's greedy to spend your mans money thinking you shouldn't have to give any financial input yourself. My uncles and his wife both works. He brings in a bigger paycheck and pats most of the bills. She pays the little bills, but most of her money goes into investing and savings for the family.