Social Dilemma: Should You Have to Share Your Inheritance with Your Spouse?

Today's 98.3 TRY Social Dilemma came from Victoria and it's about marriage and money. Here's the email: Hi Jaime. I'm having a monetary issue with my husband. When my parents passed away last year, I inherited a little money. It’s about what my husband and I would normally make in a year. I used some of it to pay off our cars and put the rest into savings. Now my husband wants to use the money for us to upgrade our life and take a vacation and I told him no. Shouldn’t I get to decide what to do with the money since it came from my parents? Do I have to share the money with my husband? Hope you can help me make him understand. Thanks ~ Victoria. This is an interesting question. I guess it all decides on the way money is handled in your family. If each of you have separate accounts, then yes, absolutely it's Victoria's money to do with what she wants. But if the money has always been shared, I think that means all money. Can't change the rules in the middle of the game. That's my take anyway. That being said, just because Victoria's husband wants to go on vacation, doesn't mean they should. That's what compromise is all about. What do you think? Please let me know on the TRY Facebook page.