📝 AITA for telling by husband to watch his spending?

By Zealousideal-Pea8366 • Score: 5 • April 18, 2025 12:35 AM


For context: He makes 200k/yr while I make 55k/year. We both work full-time and split bills 50/50.

However, I do all the cooking and cleaning and buy all of the furniture.

Anyway, he has had a bad habit of whittling away money on "long-term investment" products for his small businesses. The product sits around for a very long time, with some having not moved in years. And while he does make some money with this, there never seems to be a whole lot leftover.

With a recent bonus he got, which was almost half my annual income, I suggested that he be more careful, as we need a new dishwasher and need to build onto the house as our family grows.

He told me I was prying, micromanaging and making him uncomfortable. He also told me he shouldn't have disclosed his earnings to me.

AITA?

**UPDATE

thank you all for your insightful input. I have spoken to my husband and have slashed my contributions to 1/4. When asked how that was justified, I simply said we are equals and financially speaking, that is equal contribution. As for doing everything at home, I also stated that since he feels it is beneath him to help, that I am more or less not obligated to operate as an equal either.

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