uggh. It seems there are always first person articles, typically of women in these British type tabloids designed to enrage people.
If you break it down, put aside the pumps, handbags etc, I actually agree with the concept, that is, the spouse left her lucrative career to follow the husband and care for children. When they get his bonus, they each get a fifth and bank the rest. That sounds reasonable to me. I'd prefer that over a gift.
Personally, my mother told me that it was always good to have some mad money. Mad money could range from having enough for a phone call and taxi if you were on a bad date, to, a respectable kitty if things went south in your marriage. When my mother received an inheritance she made she it was kept in her name and not in the general fund, for just that purpose. B
If her husband is making 150K alone in bonuses every year, uh, I'd hope by the time daughter is old enough to be married she has saved more than enough for a wedding dress for her child. Priorities.