My wife and I have been married for 3 years, and have shared a joint account during that time (before that, we had separate accounts but I used to transfer money to her to pay for shared expenses that she paid for). We are a single income family - I work and she doesn't.

We have shared financial goals and a shared budget which we both agreed on that includes a certain amount set aside for entertainment / clothes shopping purposes, and also a certain amount set aside for groceries.

However, my wife really struggles to stick to our budget (for example, she blew it by over 10x last week), which makes saving slow and means any progress can be quickly wiped out. It also creates problems around the house - we have piles of clothes she has bought for herself all over the place, and no where to put them all (we have multiple baskets that normal households would use as washing baskets that are the permanent home of some of her clothes).

When it comes to food, we go shopping together for groceries at a relatively inexpensive supermarket on the weekend, and she usually resists (to the point of making a scene) buying enough food - so she ends up going to more expensive supermarkets multiple times throughout the week while I'm at work and spending a small fortune (usually on expensive ready to foods like pre-sliced salmon and brand name products) that blows out our grocery budget.

She regularly commits to improving things, but it never seems to last, and sometimes she gets defensive and makes a scene / shouts at me for even raising the issue.

Has anyone else been through a similar situation, and if so, how did you deal with it?
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Wife spends money in a way that is completely out of
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My wife and I have been married for 3 years, and have shared a joint account during that time (before that, we had separate accounts but I used to transfer money to her to pay for shared expenses that she paid for). We are a single income family - I work and she doesn't.

We have shared financial goals and a shared budget which we both agreed on that includes a certain amount set aside for entertainment / clothes shopping purposes, and also a certain amount set aside for groceries.

However, my wife really struggles to stick to our budget (for example, she blew it by over 10x last week), which makes saving slow and means any progress can be quickly wiped out. It also creates problems around the house - we have piles of clothes she has bought for herself all over the place, and no where to put them all (we have multiple baskets that normal households would use as washing baskets that are the permanent home of some of her clothes).

When it comes to food, we go shopping together for groceries at a relatively inexpensive supermarket on the weekend, and she usually resists (to the point of making a scene) buying enough food - so she ends up going to more expensive supermarkets multiple times throughout the week while I'm at work and spending a small fortune (usually on expensive ready to foods like pre-sliced salmon and brand name products) that blows out our grocery budget.

She regularly commits to improving things, but it never seems to last, and sometimes she gets defensive and makes a scene / shouts at me for even raising the issue.

Has anyone else been through a similar situation, and if so, how did you deal with it?
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Wife spends money she doesn't have - then gets mad when
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