A. Makes it, spends the first $25 of each paycheck on beer. Then buys himself or “the house” anything he wishes. (No savings, back taxes and penalties increasing each year.)

B. Thrifty, pays himself an allowance, then saves the rest, no matter what emergency arises.

C. Makes 300% more than I do, insists we each pay half of all expenses, though I do the housework, shopping, and cooking, because my job is home-based and part time.

D. He has his place, I have mine. I stop expecting any gifts whatsoever. (Once he mailed me some medicinal hemp oil.) I pay my own damn way and life is much better.