Also, an electric oven won't harm money, not even paper. Gas might be another story, though, not to mention the good old-fashioned ones heated with firewood. Anyway, a stupid guy. Had I been in his situation I would have put the money on my personal bank account. The only time my wife could see the transactions of it would be after my death, and I wouldn't care about it anymore. Then again I know people who get a shared bank account after getting married as a proof of love. Blah!