LOVE AND MONEY
Do you and your spouse fight over household chores and responsibilities? Most couples do – it’s one of the most common arguments in any marriage or relationship. Have you ever thought to settle those arguments with cold hard cash though? One couple has.
Daniel Reeves and Bethany Soule are a happily married couple with two children. They attribute their happiness to not fighting about responsibilities, but instead paying each other to handle the responsibilities they don’t want to do themselves.
For example, Bethany might pay Daniel $20 to put the kids to bed. Or one of them might get $4 to walk the dog when it’s raining outside. These numbers aren’t just random though. When a task needs completing, they will both write down the number (in dollars) they’d be willing to perform the task for on a piece of paper. They then show each other the number. The one with the lower number is then paid by the other to complete the task.
The things this couple will do for cash doesn’t stop at just household chores though. Daniel paid Bethany $30,000 each to have their two children. They also used this system to decide what to name their children. The person who chose the name had to pay for the privilege.
Many couples can’t imagine using such a system, but Daniel and Bethany say it works great. They say some couples are fine with a simple hug to show how grateful they are. Daniel and Bethany just need something a little more tangible. Cash seems to work well for them. It keeps them from being at each other’s throats, and things get done around the house.
Some people believe that marriage is difficult enough, without trivializing everything with a dollar amount. There’s also the fact that men tend to earn more than women, giving them more bargaining power.
What about the children though? While they are young, they might not understand the situation, but eventually they will. How will they feel knowing that one of their parents had to pay the other, to put them to bed? Shouldn’t a loving parent want the opportunity to put their children to bed, not view it as a chore they need to be paid to do?
What do you think? Could this type of arrangement ever work in your relationship? Or is there no place for money in a loving, trusting relationship?
LOVE AND MONEY
Do you and your spouse fight over household chores and responsibilities? Most couples do – it’s one of the most common arguments in any marriage or relationship. Have you ever thought to settle those arguments with cold hard cash though? One couple has.
Daniel Reeves and Bethany Soule are a happily married couple with two children. They attribute their happiness to not fighting about responsibilities, but instead paying each other to handle the responsibilities they don’t want to do themselves.
For example, Bethany might pay Daniel $20 to put the kids to bed. Or one of them might get $4 to walk the dog when it’s raining outside. These numbers aren’t just random though. When a task needs completing, they will both write down the number (in dollars) they’d be willing to perform the task for on a piece of paper. They then show each other the number. The one with the lower number is then paid by the other to complete the task.
The things this couple will do for cash doesn’t stop at just household chores though. Daniel paid Bethany $30,000 each to have their two children. They also used this system to decide what to name their children. The person who chose the name had to pay for the privilege.
Many couples can’t imagine using such a system, but Daniel and Bethany say it works great. They say some couples are fine with a simple hug to show how grateful they are. Daniel and Bethany just need something a little more tangible. Cash seems to work well for them. It keeps them from being at each other’s throats, and things get done around the house.
Some people believe that marriage is difficult enough, without trivializing everything with a dollar amount. There’s also the fact that men tend to earn more than women, giving them more bargaining power.
What about the children though? While they are young, they might not understand the situation, but eventually they will. How will they feel knowing that one of their parents had to pay the other, to put them to bed? Shouldn’t a loving parent want the opportunity to put their children to bed, not view it as a chore they need to be paid to do?
What do you think? Could this type of arrangement ever work in your relationship? Or is there no place for money in a loving, trusting relationship?
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