Pan Ohco > wrote in
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>>The only reason I forbade her from using my good non stick pans
>
> You guys have more balls then I do. I don't think that I could get
> away with forbidding my wife to do any thing.
> And she has bought most of the kitchen ware as gifts for me.

That was your first mistake. Ny wife and I maintain separate financial
accounts and have for over 15 years. It was practical, seeing as both
of us had two children when entering the relationship. So what I buy
with my money is mine and she buys with her money is hers and what we
buy together (each pay half) is ours. I have purchased or inherited
90% the kitchen stuff so I get to say what happens to it and how it
will be handled.

You have to plan these things ahead of time...can't just go rushing in
to a relationship sharing everything halfsies. That's the cause of a
lot of cuisine misery.

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