[SpamCop-Social] Re: APT Tax

[Frog Prince]

"Sylvesterthekat" <nobody at spamcop.net> wrote in message
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|  > I can't imagine a marital relationship that was that reparative,
| > but I have known people who accept that it is just a matter of
| > course that the husband does not pay the household expenses.  The
| > marriages lasted a long time.
|
| Who does pay it, if the wife is a home maker looking after the kids rather
| than going to work? Is she supposed to go on the game to support the
family?
|
| What expenses DOES the husband pay then, if not household (in a two income
| family)? Seems to me that if you both have an income you should have a
joint
| account and everything should come out of that one account rather than
| saying you pay the mortgage, I'll buy the food etc.

In this context I assume Miss Betsy was referring to the woman handling the
family finances and not necessarily providing the family income.