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    #51
    Originally posted by Churchill View Post
    Not everyone has your crap distrusting existence.

    Hope that helps but actually I don't give a tulip.
    Each to their own. How much did your first wife take you for again?
    What happens in General, stays in General.
    You know what they say about assumptions!

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      #52
      Originally posted by AtW View Post
      All that joint account, no prenup expected stuff are just creating peer pressure that leads to unnecessary bitter divorces - marriage certificate should not be granted without fully agreed divorce plan in the event if the worst happens.
      When I got married straight after uni I had little so it's only fair she can have a fair bit now.
      Mind you I doubt many others would put up with me
      merely at clientco for the entertainment

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        #53
        Originally posted by eek View Post
        When I got married straight after uni I had little so it's only fair she can have a fair bit now.
        Mind you I doubt many others would put up with me
        now that is the Mr V philosophy, she has blooming well earned it putting up with me!

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          #54
          Anybody who says that housework is a full-time job is lying. Housework only, NOT kids.

          I know.

          When I have been benched for say 3 months in the past, I can hoover through the house, mop the floor, dust, clean and tidy the kitchen, put a couple of loads of washing on, and hang them out, prepare a meal for tea time and still have most of the day for gaming, watching films and generally doing not a lot.

          The wife does love me being benched as she gets to chill out.
          Never has a man been heard to say on his death bed that he wishes he'd spent more time in the office.

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            #55
            Originally posted by xoggoth View Post
            We just bunged everything in joint accounts and never bothered who paid what. Apart from 3 years with patchy contract work I think I paid in more and spent less (I found an totally unused popcorn maker in the garage today, WTF did she buy that for?) but was never money oriented enough to care.
            What do you do for your own personal spending money (beer, etc)?

            Has she ever gone out and bought some shoes and a hangbag for £500?
            Contracting: more of the money, less of the sh1t

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              #56
              Originally posted by Scrag Meister View Post
              Anybody who says that housework is a full-time job is lying. Housework only, NOT kids.

              I know.

              When I have been benched for say 3 months in the past, I can hoover through the house, mop the floor, dust, clean and tidy the kitchen, put a couple of loads of washing on, and hang them out, prepare a meal for tea time and still have most of the day for gaming, watching films and generally doing not a lot.

              The wife does love me being benched as she gets to chill out.
              Who on earth would claim that housework alone could be a full time job, in the average house?!
              Practically perfect in every way....there's a time and (more importantly) a place for malarkey.
              +5 Xeno Cool Points

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                #57
                Originally posted by MaryPoppins View Post
                Who on earth would claim that housework alone could be a full time job, in the average house?!
                The level of cognitive impairment required to marry most of the contractors on this forum could make housework a considerable challenge.

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                  #58
                  all my money goes into the missus' account.

                  and I scoop what I want out of it!

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                    #59
                    Originally posted by original PM View Post
                    all my money goes into the missus' account.

                    and I scoop what I want out of it!
                    Genuine question (I know, in General ). Are you not concerned that the taxman might view this as her earnings and tax accordingly.

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                      #60
                      Originally posted by Pondlife View Post
                      Genuine question (I know, in General ). Are you not concerned that the taxman might view this as her earnings and tax accordingly.
                      not really thought about it but probably not - the accounts are clear on who has earned what and paid what tax so we should be okay.....

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