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It's hard to save when.........

March 13th, 2009 at 05:05 pm

It is hard to save money when your spouse or SO is not on the same page as you are.
I have always saved 10% of my pay right off the top. Granted, that was not much because I never made very much money.
I got married at age 20. (He was 27) We did not agree on money at all. He wanted to spend, spend, spend and did not have a dime saved when we got married. I had to use my money for our first rental.
He was always into going to the dog track and playing poker. I have nothing against gambling IF you can afford it, but we really couldn't.
I was an abused wife. The first time he ever hit me, it was because I said, we can't afford it when someone asked him to go to the dog track. Of course, he went anyway.
It was not a happy marriage.
Now, I am married to a man who is a hard worker and lets me manage all of our finances.
I hope you all have spouses that are "on the same page as you are" when it comes to finances. It sure makes life easier!

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8 Responses to “It's hard to save when.........”

  1. dmontngrey Says:
    March 13th, 2009 at 05:07 pm 1236964070
    1236964070

    It has taken quite some time, but I think DH has finally grown up enough! His priorities are changing and he's understanding finances a little more. He still wants nothing to do with it however....

  2. kdmoffett25 Says:
    March 13th, 2009 at 05:13 pm 1236964380
    1236964380

    Same with mine. He is learning and it is hard, but he is definately working at it more than he did even 2 months ago.

  3. babymakes3 Says:
    March 13th, 2009 at 05:53 pm 1236966833
    1236966833

    He goes through good days, and bad...like when he spent $135.00 on himself this week on a "Pre-Stop Smoking Gift". Yup...still smoking. Ugh. Scary thing is, he's much better than he used to be! Still a work in progress.

  4. Maismom Says:
    March 13th, 2009 at 06:54 pm 1236970463
    1236970463

    How true!!

  5. Amber Says:
    March 13th, 2009 at 09:53 pm 1236981225
    1236981225

    It's tough but at least now you have some one who completes you

  6. oceansluver78 Says:
    March 13th, 2009 at 11:08 pm 1236985732
    1236985732

    You have been blessed to have a husband like you do!

  7. cptacek Says:
    March 14th, 2009 at 06:42 am 1237012963
    1237012963

    The first time? How many times did it take? Is that what finally did it?

    (please don't take this as being judgmental...I just have a sister that is going through something similar, and I don't know what to expect, nor how to help her)

  8. Ima saver Says:
    March 14th, 2009 at 02:32 pm 1237041158
    1237041158

    I know you are not judgemental. I stayed with him for 12 years because I had no one to go back to. I finally saved up enough money to get out on my own. I got out in the 7th year, but he talked me into coming back. There was no more abuse after that, except verbal, but I was never happy with him.

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