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If a man and a women are both working which is what the majority of middle class families at least in south india, the money is earned by both and belongs to both. If a man alone works the money still belongs to both. The wife is an equal financial partner in the marriage.
other than some of your friends who sit at home and wAit for their husbands to come home and do the house work, most women do a lot of UNPAID very hard work around the house. The money does not belong only to the man, unlike your presumption that only he earned it...t if he is married, his wife should get a say in how it is to be spent.
Families where man and woman both work usually do no dowry at all. My brothers did not take dowry and that is generally the trend. This is true for all middle class families in South India.
I gave the case of where only the men worked as in all India level say for the past 60-70 or 100 years. With women going to work, this is changing of course so in many cases women also earn money.
As I said earlier too, 90% households in India are run by women and they are the purse holders in India though the wages may have been earned by men.
If you are really not married then why did you say in your house " you handle the finance". Who else is expected to handle it, your dog ?
Hmm, unmarried women in India generally live in their parents house where the earnings are again by their father. Since I live in my own house, my finances are my own. My dog can do no better than beg a few biscuits from the neighbors.