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I refuse to let my husband control our finances because he's trying to control me.

So my husband and I have been married for over a year and he knows what I make hourly,

but I don't just hand my money over to him.

By the way, this comes from Material Pearl 1840 on the R-Sahoki's tour time.

So back story, so backstory, 10, my kids, dad took control of my bank account and income,

spent my savings and gave me an allowance of $50 a week from my own check. This had to cover gas,

groceries, and diapers. So I gave birth to a second child a year and a half later and would walk to the store so I would have gas for work. Oh my, we've seen

financial manipulation. This man is the Satan of financial manipulators. My God. One day, I had to make a decision on

buying diapers for my oldest or my newborn. I cried in the diaper section because I couldn't

believe my life had gotten to this point. I'll never forget the kind person who purchased

the diapers for my children and gave me extra money to hide.

When I had gotten home, I was belittled and accused of stealing money to buy so much.

Yeah, for your own freaking children.

When I explained $50 a week for the family of four of us, $50, including diapers, wasn't

enough.

He told me to figure it out.

I asked for $100 a week.

Eventually, I convinced him to allow me more money.

Three months later, I left and swore I would never allow another man to do that

again. Present day. Ten years later, my husband was fully aware that I came with about $18,000

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