I've been married 30 years..guess I'll go ask Cindy to tell me whether or not I'm happy.
Buy a car without first discussing it with Cindy? Well, if I had megabucks, I could...but even then I probably wouldn't. Let's face it, for most "normal" people, the automobile is their second largest purchase, just behind the home in the amount of money spent. Purchases under $200 or so? Not much discussion...we trust each other's common sense. I guess it all depends on family assets. We had our lean times...then everything was budgeted. We still operate under a budget, just a looser one now. Even lottery winners end up in financial deep doo-doo if they don't know the basics of good money management. So yeah, we discuss both spending and investing. If this makes me less of a man? So be it.