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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LOL...that will teach me to show some empathy and understanding won't it?
PumpkinAngel
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I would take silence from her as a concession.
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I find that most WOHMs (IRL, too) feel so comfortable that they are doing the right thing that there really is just little need to continue to try to provide examples of all the good that comes from WOH.. On the other hand, alot of SAHMs will list and list all kinds of reasons why there kids are okay in spite of their not working (or b/c of it), and how they "can't imagine" scheduling their time.
somehow trying to "prove" that their work status isn't harming their kids. I'm not saying it is I'm just saying that it seems like *SOME* SAHMs are trying to prove something, or justify something. I know many of you here say you are quite confident with your choices, but what you are trying to write and what you actually convey with your words are sometimes 2 very different things.
Yep, fits both ways, exactly the same. So maybe it is the person/parent and not the employment status.
SUS
Our situation could change tomorrow and the changes could effect my working status. If it was determined that it would be less stressful for ME to WOH, I would.
SUS
Also, don't some European countries go so far as to make spanking a crime (a misdemeanor in US definition)? Do Sweden and/or Switzerland? If so, I think that has to affect this cultural passivity. If so, then it doesn't necessarily mean the people of Sweden and/or Switzerland are just by nature more passive with discipline, it may be a reality that, since it's punishable by fine/imprisonment, let's all just be a little more hands-off in disciplining our children?
You just "buy them"? Wow.
I've got probably 6 pairs of shoes I wear on a regular basis. That all fit. 2 pairs are 7.5W; 1 pair is an 8W; most are 8.5 or 8.5W; and one is a 9. I can't imagine just walking into a shoe store, picking up a pair in a size and that's it. Every shoe maker; ever shoe style differs ..
My boots are 9 becasue the 8.5s wouldn't zip up at the thigh. My new suede flats are a 7.5W, since they're not a pointy toe, a 7.5 works.
Hollie
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