<font color="0077aa">of course, it's never easy being DILs, haha! Just now also my Chinese male colleague said, 1 MIL is enough!
Good that yr hub & yrself got yr own strategies in managing yr financial situation.
For me, terbalik. I can sense that at times my hub is unhappy that I'm still paying for a lot of things for my family. I used to pay for the broadband there, and even after I dah pindah, I still continue to (but I don't mind coz I use the network too). When the PC broke down, I also paid for a new one. My hub wondered why, but I felt that I needed to. My father bawak teksi, my mom housewife (though I know her savings is 10 times or more mine... :S), my bro in NS, my sis sekolah, jadi siapa yang boleh fork out $?
I have cashflow issues too. I give 35% of my nett pay to my family and I know my hub punya kening naik coz he feels that is a significant amount. And my hub is not even working full time yet. I'm thankful my hub doesn't make much noise about me spending on my family.
When I feel that I've overspent, I try to comfort myself by saying, takpe, kalau spend on family, insya-Allah ada rahmatnya. As long as ikhlas, you won't live to regret passing some extra bucks to your own next-of-kin
Just my long 2-cents worth, hope it didn't annoy anyone

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