We have been married 25 years now. I still get the grief, but have a solution. We have budgete our expenses for over 15 years now. I mean actually sitting down each month and dividing the monthly take home income in columns for our bills, food, electric, gas for cars, etc. Two of the columns have money set aside for me and my wife. It is the same amount every month. The agreement is that I don't tell her how to spend hers and she doesn't tell me how to spend mine. If I go over, I must (and believe rightlyso) take that overspend and take it out of the next month's budget. The only other solution is to keep 4-5 planes in the garage on racks. When you want another one, crash one of the 4-5, don't bring home the parts, and fill in the slot. (Yeah....I'm kidding)