"I don't think my husband understands the value of money," an American girlfriend of mine told me this week. "He went out the other night and spent $50 on a single bottle of wine to drink with dinner!"
I nodded vigorously. My husband, too, is perfectly capable of nipping up to the liquor store for a little something to go with dinner and coming back with a $39-80 bottle. On a weeknight. When we don't have guests. No special reason beyond, "Well honey, this one tastes good."
This is not a coincidence. My girlfriend's husband is a Croatian-British mix. My husband is a Serb who grew up in Croatia. I've discovered for men with a Croatian background, it's not so much that they don't understand the value of money as it is their American wives do not understand the value of wine.
I ran this past my husband. He flat out agreed. "Even when I had nothing as a refugee in Serbia, I would buy good wine," he explained. "A good bottle is not worth an entire week's salary, but, maybe two-three days of salary. Definitely."
Using that math, it would not be out of the question to budget 30% of your salary for wine. God love Croatian men.
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This might be a male thing. My American husband is doing the same. Once he spent $200 on a bottle of wine and a few high-priced munchies to "cheer me up" after a tough day. Well, nothing can cheer me up more than spending that kind of money on booze and fancy snacks! I threatened that I will take his photo to every cashier in 10 miles radius saying: This man is not allowed to spend more than $50 on anything! Period.
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