My H was very conservative most of our marriage and looks at me as the spend thrift. However, I always handled all the money as it bored him and he felt he was no good at it. Now he has done a 180 and is (in his mind) making up for what he didn't do. He doesn't realize I always balanced our spending...never spent more than him..just bought different things.(like stuff for the home) Now he is spending just to spend. He is also rearranging things that make life way more complicated then they need to be.
He is trying to learn about the finances, but it is motived by fear and control rather than a desire to do a better job at it. My H and I run the same business, yet he now sees it as all his...little OW influence here. So far though he has not done anything too over the top, just annoying and time wasting. If you read my post, we are now in a place where money is the motivator behind his current actions. One of those things I really tried to resolve in our marriage.....
