Debt of Trust
Someone started a thread on a forum asking, [Do men become stingy with their wives after marriage?]
The replies were full of women complaining about how cheap and calculating their husbands were.
My husband, however, went in the opposite direction.
After we got married, he handed me his payroll card to manage and kept only a few dozen dollars a month for his own expenses, as though he had truly given everything to me and to this family.
I shook my head and was about to respond when my mother-in-law's call interrupted me.
"Chloe, Josh's god sister is sick. She needs $4,500."
My husband immediately slipped an arm around my shoulders and assured me,
"Don't worry. We'll use my salary. You won't have to pay a cent."
"Alright," I said.
Seeing how certain he was, I transferred one dollar to him on the spot and added a note: Medical expenses transferred.
When my mother-in-law saw the transfer, she flew into a rage, sharply accusing me of being jealous and petty, even withholding money meant to save a life.
I remained unmoved.
"That's all there is on the card."
She completely lost her temper, threatening to come over and audit how many kickbacks I had supposedly pocketed over the years.
I agreed to settle the accounts.
That was when my husband suddenly lost his enthusiasm.