Originally Posted by
dunster
How funny! I did all the bill paying for the first 25 years, then told my husband it was time for a trade - he got the checkbook and I got the remote. He took the checkbook and actually did a good job with it, but I still didn't get the remote. In a few more years it will be 50, and then it's my turn to take back the accounting. At least very little of it is done with the checkbook anymore.
One year for Christmas I asked for my own remote. As I was unwrapping it, my daughter was humming "Dueling Banjos" When husband realized that I too had the power, we got along very well. We've been married 53 years.