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Me too :). I have NOT worked since having my second child 17 years ago, so I am hardly the stereotypical woman either ;).

Ok, ok, maybe I am just the product of a mother who always worked part time after having kids, who painted houses with my dad, and who NEVER was given an "allowance". I just don't know anyone who is given an allowance and thought it went out with the aprons ;). We are more like Skater describes...

You just cannot take a joke, can you? :p

Not at all, but I don't know any of my friends who are "allocated" some money to spend. I think it is quite "old fashioned" in this day and age. In the old days, what the "little woman" didn't spend on groceries, I believe she was able to use to buy herself a little trinket occasionally :eek...

I thought that kind of thinking went out with wearing aprons :eek:. If my husband tried to "allocate" a lump sum to me, I would give him a good old "piece of allocation" for himself.

I don't think it is warm, fuzzy or vague. Unless one of my kids was kidnapped and I needed $1M in cash within 24 hours, I couldn't possibly imagine any scenario where I would want or need access to $1M in cash. I count it as net worth. If one sold everything, paid back the bank, and is...