Joint Accounts

Is My Wife an Overspender, or Am I a Nag?

When a financial problem is really an emotional one

Kristin Wong
Forge
Published in
4 min readMar 3, 2020

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An illustration. A woman rides a wave made of Monthly Statements and money. The woman’s husband holds an umbrella underneath.
Illustration: Justin Cassano

Dear Joint Accounts,

I got married a year and a half ago. My wife has always been an extravagant spender — special outfits, expensive restaurants, exotic trips with friends — and while I voiced my concern several times while we were…

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Kristin Wong
Forge
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Kristin Wong has written for the New York Times, The Cut, Catapult, The Atlantic and ELLE.