I am a woman who makes more than my husband and our situation is growing less unique by the day. In my experience, communicating our needs early and often is a great way to minimize frustration, hurt feelings and hurt pride. We all have things we look forward to, and sometimes the anticipation that comes with saving for something we want brings us as much happiness as the goal. For me, that goal is travel. This is a challenge because my husband enjoys traveling, but not as much as I. Our solution: Since my husband enjoys traveling, we share the cost, just not evenly. Most of the time, that means I pay for the elements of the trip that tend to cost the most and need to be decided in advance, like flights and hotels. I do, however, support his personal projects in other, nonfinancial ways: by contributing my time, energy and skills.