FOUR OUT OF TEN PEOPLE DON’T KNOW HOW MUCH THEIR SPOUSE EARNS

43% of people don’t know how much their spouse earns. Four in 10 married people surveyed by Fidelity could not correctly identify which salary range their spouse falls into. About 10% of those who got it wrong were off by more than $25,000. It’s not just women, or men, who are in the dark. Both were wrong 43% of the time. “We were surprised how many missed the mark,” said John Sweeney, a retirement and investing expert at Fidelity.
* Maybe they’re lying to you. Did you ever think about that?
* Why would they lie? Oh, maybe because it’s none of your damn business.
* Both were wrong 43% of the time? Oh sure, like it would come out that exact.
* So no one in these families is filling out the tax returns? That’s not good.
* Where it says “Spouse’s Income” they’re writing in the word “Money.”
* How about this: You made the whole study up. How does that sound?
* Actually that sounds like husbands in general. Around 43% of everything they do in a marriage is wrong.
* Relax. Statistically, 50% of these couples will find out what their spouse earns when they get divorced.