As time goes on; more and more stuff from TRP begin to click and make sense to me. I've been married going on 2 years now. I am an electrical engineer and my wife is a data analyst. She is older than me and graduated before I did with a math degree. Her GPA wasn't that great and she didn't co op or intern anywhere so finding employment upon graduation went horribly for her. She ended up working at a bank as a teller. Her student loan debt is through the roof.

Fast forward a couple years later and I am getting ready to graduate. I already have an engineering position lined up; later making 6 figures. Money starts rolling in and life changes over night. I buy a house BY MYSELF for us. Our home is gorgeous and I am very handy. All repairs, tools, maintenance is handled 100% by me. I live there for a whole year before she even moves in (pre marriage). I buy her a ring. I agree to a wedding even though I think it is a huge waste of money. I even convince my company to giver her a shot in an analyst position and now her salary/lifestyle changes overnight. She pulls in about 80k now.

Because her debt is so high, I told her all she needs to pay is water/internet. Not because I need the money but just out of common courtesy so she isn't just another bill. Everything else she makes; throw it on your debt or do what you want. Her household bills max out at $500 a month WORST CASE SCENARIO. Typically is around $250-$300. I feel as though I have given her a DEAL OF A LIFETIME.

She has yet to change her last name and says she will change it when she is added to the deed of the house. I refuse. She doesn't clean; cooks regularly but that's literally it. I feel as though I have literally pulled her out the gutter but she's never satisfied. How quickly she's forgot what her life was like before I saved us.