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Helper bee
(Closed) have you or your spouse's finances changed since you've been married?
posted 8 years ago in Married LifeMemberPost # 3
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Bee Keeper
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Sugar bee
- almostmrsj
- 8 years ago
- Wedding: May 2012
Our wedding was after I got my raise last year, so no. I didn’t get one this year – turns out my director hates my guts (or listens to the BS his assistant feeds him). Looks like my husband will get a substantial raise this year, I’m lobbying to get pregnant and quit, I hate my job. 🙂 He’s always made a little more than me, though. It fluxuates depending on the year – I (usually) get yearly increases and he goes years without one and then gets a big one.
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Honey bee
- RoyalLime
- 8 years ago
- Wedding: June 2012
My DH went from being a apprentice to a journeyman since we started dating. So he gets raises when his union contract renews. I now make less, but I am much happier and have a stress free job and still pay the same towards bills as I always have.
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Bumble bee
- BoxerLady
- 8 years ago
- Wedding: December 2018
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I actually make more than I did when we first met, but I am less happy 🙁 I took on a very stressful job (that I didn’t realize would be this way) because the money appealed to me. There are lots of things we are saving for and I knew the money would help…But now I know what the term blood money means!
My Fiance has also learned the value of saving since he met me. He used to live pay cheque to pay cheque and now we both have healthy savings accounts. Our prioirties shifted in a good way!
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Sugar Beekeeper
- crayfish
- 8 years ago
- Wedding: September 2010
We’ve gotten a couple of raises. So, we save a bit more, but nothing has changed radically.
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Sugar bee
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Honey bee
- RoyalLime
- 8 years ago
- Wedding: June 2012
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Busy bee
- justelope
- 8 years ago
- Wedding: December 2011
I finsihed grad school and got a single, real job, so yes, my income changed. But since I was working three jobs before, and so much gets withheld in taxes sometimes it doesn’t feel like it!
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Helper bee
- rozzy
- 8 years ago
- Wedding: March 2013
i myself get yearly cost of living raises.2 weeks after being married my husband lost his job.now wer’e kind of ina rut.i make pretty descent money but wer’e a 3(people)family household and one person working dosent cut it.hope he bounces back soon
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Bumble bee
- BoxerLady
- 8 years ago
- Wedding: December 2018
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Sugar bee
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Buzzing bee
- RockStar33
- 8 years ago
- Wedding: September 2012
Nope. although he just found thousands of dollars in RSPs from an old job that he forgot about. Like over $10,000… Don’t ask me how you forget about thousands of dollars haha.
So we are just gonna keep contributing to those RSPs
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Bumble bee
- BoxerLady
- 8 years ago
- Wedding: December 2018
Sorry, I should clarify that we are “married” in terms of the law. We are common law and I have his name. I call him my husband everywhere but on this site! I thought it would be too confusing to talk about an upcoming wedding to my husband, lol. We technically haven’t had a formal ceremony, which we are doing next year as a weddingmoon in either St. Lucia or Negril.
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Honey bee
- RoyalLime
- 8 years ago
- Wedding: June 2012
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