Sneaking purchases...
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| Thu, 03-25-2004 - 11:10am |
I was reading another board about sneaking purchases past their husband's. I know I use to sneak before we started doing our finances together. I would actually come home during lunch to get the mail or unload packages. I was pitiful. Even now, I will bring things in the house and wince thinking how upset Devin would be with me.
So, have you ever hid purchases or not told your DH the whole picture of your finances? We use to horrible fights about finances. I would do the weekly budget and e-mail him it. We would discuss it and everything was fine. Then, he would tell me two days later that he was doing a marathon that cost $75.00. I had to actually ask him before we did the budget-Do you have any marathons? Do you need shoes? Do you have any equipment you need? Can you tell I

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Personally, I think PNJ is one of the most honest and forthright people on this board. She never beats around the bush. And she's not afraid of defending any of her ideas, even if they're not mainstream and popular. I get from her posts that she is extremely devoted and in love with her children and her DH. I think she's probably one of the truly happy people on this board. Just because her priorities may be *different* than yours doesn't mean they're not exactly as they should be.
Why? i so dont agree with this. my children never wore expensive shoes, nor do people in probably 85% of the world, and they dont *all* have foot trouble. i havent had an expensive pair of shoes since i was in elementary school, and even then, that was the first thing that came off when i got home from school. i truly think that "support the arches and foot" is a myth. only when they start out with flat feet will i buy into that, but if there is nothing orthopedically wrong, i dont agree.
I was trying to sidestep your questions as carefully as possible because I was trying to be polite. Quite frankly, I don't see anything wrong with mentioning that a SAHM spends more time with her kids than someone who works 40-50 hours a week. It's not a value judgment as much as a statement of fact, like it or not.
I'm not even a fanatic...I think moms should be working some after their kids are in school all day.
You know, I don't normally look at this board....just on occasion. But I've had a sinus infection for the last couple of days, so I've had to bow out of my usual activities. Hopefully, tomorrow I'll be better...
I guess I'm just shocked by what I read here. Truly shocked. I don't know anyone (in my real life) who wouldn't be a bit sad to hear that toddlers or preschoolers spend their days with a nanny when the mother actually has a choice. I just can't think of one person who would think that's a good thing for kids. Not one.
You know, no one on this board has ever said anything good about SAHMs, yet I'm descended upon like scrap meat for alligators when I point out the obvious. I am tremendously saddened by alot of what I've read here in the last day or two.
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ROFLMAOPMP. You obviously *haven't* been around much. Or are only choose to read the posts that support your stance.
Hollie
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Choose your friends by their character and your socks by their color. Choosing your socks by their character makes no sense and choosing your friends by their color is unthinkable.
Actually, if you'll carefully reread my post, Istated that I work about 10 hrs a MONTH, not a week.
Hey now....my ds1 is Bigfoot.
PumpkinAngel
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