I give my wife money, but not all is lost. She pays the mortgage on the house that I live in with the money I give her. She also applies that money to our utility costs and other household expenses.
Now, granted, I do buy my wife some purses and other lady things, but all women cost money, so that is a fact of life.
And the reason why I put up with my wife over any other woman is two fold:
1) She is very pretty
2) She is very loyal
My wife caught me while I was living with my J girlfiriend for 4 months in Japan. And when she did, she still refused to divorce me. When I divorced her, she refused to accept it and still calls me her husband.
I love my wife's loyalty. So beautiful. That's typical of mainland Chinese girls.