anchor: she does it all now for about ten years and i don't even she complains to me about it she threatens me to give it back to me and i said i've been a happy man since i haven't fooled with that checkbook you know  so i know it's a big pain to try to do that
positive: She has been in charge of our checkbook for almost a decade.
negative: I have always been the one in charge of our checkbook.