Money and married men

Seen on a bumper sticker this morning: "Driver does not carry cash. He's married." Sounds like a somewhat misogynistic joke, right? In fact, my husband often asks me if I have cash on hand, as he keeps almost none in his own wallet. But that is not because I control the purse strings or put my husband on a very limited allowance. Actually, he has his own ATM card; he just forgets about using it because I take care of 99%of the banking and bill paying, not to mention the tax returns.The fact that husbands may not carry the cash in the family is a sign, not of being under their wives' control but of their having happily given up the duty of cash flow.

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