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by pbiggar 1398 days ago
If it's helpful, the government* considers it both of your money. If one of you racks up debts that money will go to pay for it. If you divorce, you'll split it. You two are a package deal, so all this pettiness isn't helping anything.

Use some of the money to go to therapy, both individual and couples. If you go soon enough you might save your marriage. Either way, it's probably the best investment in yourselves that's available.

*Depends where you are but certainly true in California

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> *Depends where you are but certainly true in California

Fun fact: here in Australia, married couples file tax returns individually. There's not really a notion of a "joint tax return" here.

Sounds like a great way to keep you both in the higher brackets.