Husband salary question

My husband got a new job alhamdulillah, and I asked when we were talking about it that is the payment good? I didn’t ask how much or nothing too intrusive but still he became very defensive and told me that’s none of my business. Is this normal? Do you gals know how much your husband earns? Just for context I’m a SAHM, we’re married for 3 years and he’s from Africa. (Maybe it’s a cultural thing?)
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I have a Bangladeshi husband and I ask him everything, he always tells me, so not sure why he’s being defensive, just ask him “why can’t I know, I’m your wife, are you hiding anything” lol I’d just ask

Idk if it’s a cultural thing or not in Africa but there’s no need to be defensive and keeping secrets between husband and wife!!!

I have asked and he said it’s not my concern 🤷🏻‍♀️

Oh my he’s rude, how do you deal with him?

Is he always like this?

Yeah sometimes…mostly about money…I think he doesn’t trust me with money me eve though for some time I was the breadwinner of the family and I worked and payed for everything long before I met him.

It's most definitely not a cultural thing. He should be transparent about his finances to you as his wife,I mean, you're accountable to each other in every way possible.

My husband is from Africa and I’ll have to be honest the first few years of our marriage he wouldn’t tell me exactly how much money he makes. But since he was taking care of my needs I didn’t push it. I gave him time. Then he started before more upfront with me without me asking. But I agree ☝🏼 money should be transparent.

My husband is not African he is Pakistani but he is honest about everything with me and if I ask him about finances he is very open to me and explains to me what we have and how we should spend it and save and so on it’s nice to be in the loop

My husband is also African and he's always told me how much his salary was when he had a regular one. I always took care of our budget though so I had to know. If he's the sole financial provider I feel like you should know his salary. Do you have direct access to the money or does he just give you some weekly for spending on groceries and things?

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