rocketman,
If you have a relationship where you both feel that the money all goes into one pot, that is fantastic. I feel the same way. My wife, however, didn't/doesn't. In 2000 she started her own business and said, "when I am making a hundred thousand a year, it is all going to be mine". ( we were already surviving so far on my sixty, so I figured no big deal)
Well, her business venture brought in $400.00 and cost us $9000.00. Suddenly she felt no obligation to make up for the money lost, even though she had previously felt that the money gained would all be hers.
Point being, that if you both have the same feelings about money/income then there are usually no problems in the good OR bad times. However, this incident of ours was the prelude to our break-up. I STILL don't feel that money should end a relationship, but she seems to.
Oh well, bluessaphire is looking pretty good, so there is always hope. ( ???)
Brad