[FONT=""][COLOR=""][SIZE=""]My parents are happy together for the most part but when they fight it's always about the same thing-money. My dad is a simple man with very less expenses and mild anger issues. My mom on the other hand doesn't spend extensively but she likes a good retail therapy. Almost twice a year they end up fighting over how much money is being spent in the household. It's not like we're spending money we don't have. All the spending is very controlled. I just feel like my dad's not being able to comprehend the fact that as the household income increases the expenditures also increase. He wants us to spend the same amount of money we used to spend 10 years ago. Which is not realistic. Sometimes I don't understand why my mom deals with my dad's anger issues. But the fact is that no matter how angry he gets he would still love his wife and kids. but everytime something happens my mom becomes his anger release. He takes out all his anger on my mom and she just takes it. I don't know what to do[/size][/color][/font]