AITA: Is He An A*Hole For Not Paying His Wife $50,000 To Have Their Baby?

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🗓️ 30 March 2022

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Every week we dive DEEP into the AITA (Am I The A*hole) thread on Reddit, and it’s FASCINATING. It’s a bunch of real-life scenarios people are in where they could EASILY be the a*hole, but maybe – just maybe – once you hear all the details, you’ll understand it a little better and they won’t be SO much of an a*hole! Or maybe not. Up today: He and his wife have discussed having children soon. She mentioned maternity leave and how much money she'll be losing by having their child. So she asked her husband to supplement her income while she was on maternity leave. Is he an a*hole for not wanting to pay her to have their child? See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Become a member at https://plus.acast.com/s/the-bert-show. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:37.5	The virtue is he the a-hole for not wanting to pay his wife $50,000 to have their baby,
0:46.2	Cassie.
0:47.2	I've known my wife for six years and we've been spiritually married for two years.
0:53.6	We're not legally married, although at this point we're essentially common law.
0:58.0	We're both high earners, both earning over 175K a year after tax.
1:03.0	We purchased our home together.
1:04.8	We've agreed to split the finances 50-50.
1:07.4	We paid for our wedding, honeymoon, everything 50-50, although I did pay for the cost of our
1:12.3	rings and engagement ring.
1:14.2	Our mortgage payments were 50-50 and we comfortably own our own home now, but so much of our income
1:19.1	goes into savings, investments, home improvements, and discretionary spending.
1:23.8	Because of our incomes, we felt it'd be best to keep our finances separate.
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