https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wjTWY2U_7oU
This is a clip of Elmo (played by Mike Matei) invading one of Erin’s boring as fuck streams. Why doesn’t she upload the entire stream? Because even Erin deems it unwatchable.
It starts off with:
Elmo: What are you playing?
Erin: We’re playing Barbie Vacation Adventure or something.
She doesn’t even know the name of the game. I think that this was during one of her “variety streams” where she plays a bunch of games that she never played before. This is different from her usual routine where she just plays one game that she never played before.
Then there’s a weird story about how Elmo melts Barbie dolls into a necklace. That goes on for a while. Then Elmo wants money so that he can buy matches.
2:15 –
Elmo: Can I have money?
Erin: No. Go ask somebody in the store for money.
Elmo: Can I look in your wallet — for money?
Erin: Sure. Yeah, go look in there.
Elmo: Can I take all of your money?
Erin: Yeah.
Elmo: (laughs and runs off screen)
Erin: (to camera) I don’t have any money. I have no money in my wallet.
That’s the clip. It was awkward as fuck. And sad. Nothing funny about this.
Erin wasn’t playing a character. She seemed genuinely uncomfortable when talking about money. This is somebody who makes $200/month. She legitimately doesn’t have any money.
I assume that Mike gives her an allowance of sorts. I read an article, this was many years ago, about how it’s demeaning for a man to give his wife an allowance. You should just share the money. Use a joint bank account and you both have access to it, I guess.
That’s one way to go. I think it makes things more difficult if you get divorced, though.
I read that in Japan, it’s the woman who takes care of the money. It’s considered part of a woman’s job with taking care of the house. So taking care of household bills would be included in that.
Whatever works. I don’t think it’s necessarily demeaning to be given an allowance. I mean, in this case, Mike would be insane to open a joint bank account with Erin. He has, whatever, half a million bucks in there and Erin would be contributing $200/month.
My ex wanted to buy a house. I make 30 an hour and she makes 15. But she has a car note and insurance and a few other bills where she brakes even at the end of the month. I told her when she could contribute an equal amount… half. Id buy a house with here. Im single now. Let the next guy deal with that bullshit. Your money is hers and her money is hers. Makes me want to stay single.
Yeah, I'm not entirely sure how it works. Surely, you could make an agreement saying that if you contribute, for example, 25% to the costs of the house, your ownership share is 25%.