If you think your spouse spends too much money

[nobody]

What do you do? I’m tired of arguing about it. My spouse won’t look at a budget. In order to not get too resentful about it, I’ve started going out and doing my own “shopping” after my spouse goes on a spending spree. I figure we’ll fall into our hole twice as fast, but we at least we won’t be pointing fingers at eachother and arguing about it. Sound irresponsible or sensible?

 

[Steven_Merten]

nobody:

What do you do? I’m tired of arguing about it. My spouse won’t look at a budget. In order to not get too resentful about it, I’ve started going out and doing my own “shopping” after my spouse goes on a spending spree. I figure we’ll fall into our hole twice as fast, but we at least we won’t be pointing fingers at eachother and arguing about it. Sound irresponsible or sensible?

Hello nobody,

I have a friend. His wife was a spend aholic. She spent money for the same reason an alcohalic gets drunk. He called the credit card companies and called them but they would not stop extending her credit. I told him the reason the credit card companies keep extending her credit is because her husband keeps paying the credit card bills. I constantly told him to stop paying the bills so that the credit card companies would stop supplying her with her fixes. Bad credit is certianly a better choice than what was going on. The husband (the enabler) kept paying the credit card bills, till they lost the $250,000 house, newer cars, and everything in bankrupcy, and then she divorced him.

 

[Dorothy]

nobody:

What do you do? I’m tired of arguing about it. My spouse won’t look at a budget. In order to not get too resentful about it, I’ve started going out and doing my own “shopping” after my spouse goes on a spending spree. I figure we’ll fall into our hole twice as fast, but we at least we won’t be pointing fingers at eachother and arguing about it. Sound irresponsible or sensible?

“Nobody”

Your shopping is not going to solve the problem, but only make it worse. It sounds like the problem is your wife’s disregard for a budget, and some serious counseling is necessary to help. The spending should not continue.

I’m sure others will have some suggestions, and some stories to tell.

 

[Al_Masetti]

Actually, MY spouse thinks I spend too much money.

Books. Books. Books.

I get “deals”, but lotsa books.

Theoretically, at some point, the house will fill up. But it’s been filling up for quite some time.

OR, the floors could collapse from the weight of the books.

[Could be worse I guess. Buying books keeps me from running around with strange women.] [Unless they are book buyers… but then they would be too busy reading to encourage advances from strange men.] [Do you remember Bizarro Jerry… Elaine dated a guy who read books and all his friends read books…]