Depends on what the gift is.....in all seriousness though be happy that you got the nice gift

 

If your spouse doesn't work then they are most likely contributing to taking care of the homefront and doing things you don't have time to do so that in itself is a gift. No I wouldn't feel bad if my mate bought me a gift with my money because it's not MY money as long as my mate contributed to the taking care of other things. It takes two.

 

I'm the one who doesn't work. He should be pleased.

 

Mine hasn't worked in a long time, it doesn't bother me at all.

What bothers me is when she buys something she wants, but gives it to me as a present. She does this often....LOL

We've been together over 30 years, it's not like I'm not used to it. I live in a house with a wife and 2 daughters, I'm used to being taken advantage of

 

To me a gift is just that...something given with the best of intentions. I accept it gratefully and graciously.* It doesn't matter to me who brought home the bacon, just that I get to eat it.










*then take the stupid thing back to Walmart the next day.

 

My husband works outside the home and I do not. There are only the 2 of us. Last year, while he was at work, I secretly started to work on his christmas present. Custom made denim cowboy duster. Made from jeans I bought at garage sales and hid in the trunk of the car. The lining was recycled from flannel sheets. Every day, I got up, set up the machine, got out all the supplies and worked then had to put everything away again, sweep the floors so he wouldn't see scraps and threads...He had NO idea. Yeah, his money went into supplies, a dollar here a dollar there, the coat was maybe $25 worth, but the look on his face christmas morning was all the gift I needed!

 

^^^This says it all.^^^
Never look a gift horse in the mouth
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"FIRE IN THE HOLE"

 

We don't think of it as mine or her money--it's ours. And yes I'm happy when she thinks of me enough to get me something nice!

 

Just be happy that she isn't buying some other guy something nice with your money!

 

My husband is a talented artist and is very skilled at carpentry. He may use "my" money to pay for materials but the love, effort and uniqueness is all his. He makes me things I could not possibly buy, and I feel richer for having him in my life.

 

I might be old fashioned but I think that a full time housewife & mother has a harder job than any man who only works forty (40) hours a week.
The money I brought home from my job it was both mine and my wife's. More my wife's because she was on the job 24/7/365.
Maybe I live in the past but that's how I see it.
If it bother's you that much why don't you pay your wife for the work she does around the house!
XR750
The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.