tell husband how much savings you have? what your salary is?

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This is the way I see it.
CPA probably has an arranged marriage, they have been living together for few months (may be). She does not know the guy completely (does not mean they are not trying to understand each other) and has some doubts. Having doubts is not abnormal in her situation either as many people marry for the green card.
Being tactful and careful is also not bad in this situation.

Why should she not try to work on her marriage, they have not been married for long.
The guy needs to take some exam so he can start working in his field.
She has not said that the guy lies on the sofa watching TV the whole day while dirty dishes are in the sink. (or if she did I must have missed it)
They have good time together too.

Sasha has given good advice.

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I agree that maybe in your situation, being direct may backfire, because it will just cause a fight and more tension. But at least it draws the line and forces him to respect you. Just like you explained your frustrations here, I don't see why you can't, on a weekend off, discuss these issues with him. A flat out "You're not using this income to play the stock market, because that's very risky and it makes me uncomfortable" is sufficient. If he starts pulling the your money and my money deal, point out how he has 10K in a separate account that you have no access to. And furthermore, I'd build my own 10K separate nest egg account if I were you, and I'd be open about it.

When I've spoken to prospects I make one thing clear, including people from abroad.

  1. My money is not at your disposal to play with. I retain the right to take away that income from your hands if you start playing risky with it.
  2. Any financial decisions require both our consent, if I say no, then no is no. Unless you can make a solid argument for why you need the money and how you're gonna use it.
  3. I will be scrutinizing the hell out of you to see whether you have any financial sense. Have him interviewed by every successful man in your family. You get interviewed about your biryani cooking skills, it's only fair to put the guy in the griller too.
  4. I will be keeping a nest egg account on the side under my parents name - they will get X number of dollars each month and that will be my insurance that if you screw me over, I have some financial back-up plan.

A guy who has even 1% of a problem with the above? Move on.

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I simply told the guy that I am his responsibility... LOL

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Oh and that's the other thing you have to be upfront about to see if he's the real deal. Say:

"I retain the right to drop my job, and you as a man, will need to support me. I ain't raising kids, plus paying all the bills, plus cookin' yo dinner, plus doin' laundry and sweeping floors, if you want that fine bionic bunny and marry her".

That usually does the trick in chasing away the morons.

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This I like!

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PyariCgudia, do you really think that when I went to pakistan and met him. He said hey, im going to just chill and ask you for money? Or that I will randomly be cruel, throw the D word around like its nothing?

He was a yes man, he said things like My money is your money, and your money is your money. He acted completely different. My biggest regret is saying upfront that I expect this and that. Because he litterally had to just agree to what Im saying, do you think someone who wants to come to America, is going to say no I expect this or this?Most will agree to whatever your saying to get a Visa, then once they get a nikka, or once they get here, they may change.

Noone will marry someone they KNOW is a jerk. At this point, I dont really care if the marriage works out or not. But let him end it, why should I?

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Because it would be terrible to waste your life in a marriage that you don't care about and is clearly not working?

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That's it. OP, you need professional help.

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Your really a loser serious. It really takes a second to have someone elses problems become yours. Your getting married soon right?

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No I'm already married and Allhamdullilah hubby is amazing :) thanks for your concern though. And you my dear are the Loser with a capital L. I can't believe I actually wasted my time responding to you in your thread and attempting to give you constructive feedback on how to fix your situation- you didn't deserve my time and I won't be wasting any more of it in responding to you because, unlike you, I have a life outside this forum. Your responses in this thread clearly show you need help. Use some of your "6 figure salary" on a good psych. Ciao :D

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Listen I'm not gonna make digs at you, and everyone deals with a situation differently depending on their personality, values, and circumstances. Many of these girls if put in your position might do what you're doing.

I get that people can lie. It's scary. But I can also tell you guys from the US aren't any better - they will also be "yes men" until they can start pulling their real personality out. It's never a guarantee that you get what you're initially seeing.

I wanted to marry this guy, who about 6 months ago bailed on me, and it totally sent me and my career reeling, honestly. I was actually out of a job, because I made decisions to delay looking for a job till after my graduation once we were married and I had moved to where he was living, so I didn't have to pay 600 dollar roundtrip tickets for each job interview. No lie.

He was a yes man all the way until about month 6 of the relationship when he informed me that he wants to make all the $ decisions. I posted here, and these same girls, some of them warned me, and others thought - well he's just being a man. Nope. Another month or two later, the same guy is telling me he doesn't believe marriage is 50=50, it's 75=25, he expects I'll be home by 5 to make chai, if I wanna buy a purse with my own money, I can't because I have to ask his permission first, no penny will be moved without him knowing about it (and I make twice his salary now btw), he doesn't think any gold gifted to me at time of wedding actually belongs to me, and that it's actually HIS gold, etc etc.

And that guy was here, he wasn't even looking for a green card.

A deceptive guy is a deceptive guy. Doesn't matter what his location is.

The green card leads to more weasels coming forth trying to con women. That's for sure.

But what I don't get in all this is...what was this guy doing in Pakistan? What were his credentials from there? Had he shown that he was responsibly caring for his family in Pakistan? These are actually better indicators of what a guy will do when he gets to the US. If he was mommy's boy living on inheritance money and the job was an easy phone call away from his dad's business connections, then that guy is not gonna make it in the USA. If he was busting his behind and a hard worker, and had great financial sense, and there was proof of that in Pakistan, that's different. And even then, there still is no guarantee.

There is NEVER a guarantee.

I hope you dont' get divorced. I hope things work out with him, and that he gains his senses and things start moving for him on the job front, and then I think your stress level will decrease when you have some real help, and you guys will actually enjoy your relationship. Maybe that's the angle your discussion with him should take. I think it is fair for you to let him know you're exhuasted doing the providing plus the household chores and cooking. It is a lot for ANYONE.

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Hey OP I think princess probably just meant that couples counselling might help (it couldve been worded better though). I think it would help IF u could atleast trust the other person to have the same intentions as u. If its all just having u show ur cards so he can manipulate u, then I think u'd be out of luck with the counselling route. You atleast have to be on the same page of being honest in working on ur relationship and therefore with secrets, otherwise it's just beating around the bush. I hope u atleast get to this point though (being on the same page), because thought it will be an uphill battle after that atleast ur working towards an aim, right now ur probably just going round in circles.

Edit: ok I just read the other thread, saw u guys have a spat going on so then yes I dont really know what princess could or could not have meant.

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Also OP I'd really like to know how much ur hhaq mehr is? If ur ok with telling.

And pcg that guy sounds like a douchebag. U know these are all the guys who r thinking of ur salary in terms of it has to be coming in. U know all the guys who dont care about ur money and r just thinking they have to support their family with what their making, they don't even talk about ur money. But ofcourse if ur paycheck is not required in keeping up a good lifestyle and therefore u r not required to work but still choose to, and he doesn't have any say at all in ur money, then I think it would be ok for the guy to expect more house chores to be done by u. I dunno u might disagree with it, or a lot of ppl will, but I think that's fair sort of (or maybe I'm just not that ambitious to begin with, whatever).

All that being said, even when I taught for a while and was making money (which was pretty decent compared to regular schools and even guys with office jobs) I still always consulted with my husband when I was going to buy something expensive (like $500 and up). What I really wanted was someone to second me so I could feel that I'm not just wasting money, k zabardasti kharch karnay Haen maenay. But he couldn't really stop me from spending it, I would just respect his opinion enough to not go ahead or convince him with the feasibility of what I wanted to get (or how bad I wanted it :)) And thing is that he does the same , and it's his money. I've talked him out of gadgets and outrageously expensive tvs and cars (k we don't need to change ours right now). And the funny thing is my parents in law are always for it. Like they never say anything k yay fazool kharchi hae, unlike my parents, from whom I've had umpteen value-of-money lectures and what not all my life. And ive never had that frame of mind k aaj kul yay chul raha hae to maenay laina hae, ya yay sub say acha waala chahiyay (for extra bells and whistles that i will never use). Unkay ghar mae ulta tha, no used cars ever, fridge lAini hae to sub say latest etc. With cars I'm asking him so what's the maintenance like, what's the resale like, parts and labour etc (cuz those are the things I've heard growing up, k spend where u need to but not just everywhere). His mom is like haan beta yay sub say hi tech hae yay achi lug rahi hae. So it's even odd, k biwi keh rahi hae chhorain nahi chahiyay too expensive Aur parents keh rahay Haen haan beta top of the line boht acha lug raha hae. Anyway I don't know what my point was, u'll have to find something urself.

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I wouldn't care about haq mehr, my sanity important than that haq mehr.