Today, my wife is pissed I bought a $600 drill set on sale for only $200, because the one I had wasn't strong enough for the job i just started at. Yet the $300 I just spent for her to go to a concert isn't even in a the equation. FML
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Fall
Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, it was my birthday. I'd told my wife i would love a new battery drill, finally getting a decent one after all these years, and picked out a few nice ones. I opened the present: another cheap off-brand drill. They "didn't have any of the ones I picked out", but this one came with free drill bits. All useless. FML
Today, my mother started nagging me for spending $500 on a guitar, stating that, "We're not in the mood for unnecessary bullcrap." I paid for it with MY money, and she suddenly turned up at MY house because my father kicked her out of their house after finding out that she cheated on him. FML
Today, even though I recently started earning $75000 per year, my partner still got angry at me because I spent $10 online. FML
Today, my girlfriend came home and announced that she'd just bought a $40 pair of flipflops. She then declared that I wouldn't be getting a birthday gift this year due to budget shortfalls. For hers a month prior, I'd got her a $300 piece of jewelry. FML
Today, I bought my girlfriend a very expensive necklace. I gave it to her thinking she'd be extremely happy. Instead she was mad at me because my gift for our anniversary was better than hers. FML
Today, my wife figured out I gave her a dollar store ring for our anniversary. FML
Today, after my husband yelled at me for wasting money by getting my nails done, I decided to buy the supplies and watch YouTube to figure out how to do them myself. He then yelled at me for wasting money on the supplies. FML
Today, my wife always wants to spend on big items, like a new pool or home renovations; I want to save for our future. At 45 years of age, we are in heavy debt and I have no other assets as a backup. I should have stood up to her from the beginning. FML
Today, I got a gift from my wife. It was a beautiful watch. The same exact watch I'd sold to our local jewelers for 6k. She bought it for 10k. When I told her, she said, "Hmmm, I thought it looked familiar." There goes 4K from our joint account. I could’ve thought of 4000 ways to spend that money. FML
Today, my husband told me he wants a $600 birthday gift. He doesn't understand why I said that wasn't happening, and is now mad at me. Not only can we not afford that, he only spent less than $10 on my birthday gift last month. FML
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Brightside86 31
Probably isn't even about the money. Often people will pick fights that arent related to the actual issue. Maybe have a conversation about limits on individual discretionary spending vs joint agreed spending..this is week one marriage stuff...
catalysty 23
how do you guys handle household bills? having a house account you each contribute to equally let's you maintain your own accounts and spend what you want without people feeling like you're not supporting the household enough
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Brightside86 31
Probably isn't even about the money. Often people will pick fights that arent related to the actual issue. Maybe have a conversation about limits on individual discretionary spending vs joint agreed spending..this is week one marriage stuff...
RichardPencil 32
Why are you pissing away money on tools your employer should be buying for you? Huh?!
D J's MOM 17
I would have bought the drill set too, and I'm a female. Then I would have fixed my car/ Harley, taken a shower, put on a sleek outfit, grabbed my Gucci purse and Parsifal watch and gone to the concert.
catalysty 23
how do you guys handle household bills? having a house account you each contribute to equally let's you maintain your own accounts and spend what you want without people feeling like you're not supporting the household enough