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Along those lines my last wife never told me I couldn't buy anything. Problem is? If she didn't say no, how could I?This is pretty easy; we are partners so we both get to spend the disposable income roughly equally. I am the primary financier, and keep tabs on the overall household disposition. If we are running low on funds I put the kibosh on discretionary spending for both of us.
I am also head of household, so if there are issues that cannot be negotiated through I get final say on disposition, but with that authority comes the caveat that I do not get to act in my own interests but must put hers first (note that this can be different than what she wants). In this example that means if there is only a small amount of discretionary spending she gets first pass at it and I get whatever is left.
Of course this means that when there is a large amount of discretionary spending I can buy whatever I want and she the same. I just keep a running dialog with here about it and make sure we are not depleting the rainy day funds. The system works really well.
$1,000 could turn into $5000 very quickly.