Spill the beans... What's your partner's worst MoneySaving habit?

kirstle99

Mine is about my brother...he is in the forces so likes to treat himself when he's home, & I thought nothing of taking a delivery parcel for him a couple of days before he was due back once.

However, when he came round to pick it up, he oulled out a lovely wooden box, really well made it was. I said 'oh what have you bought' his reply was 'oh it's just a pair of jeans'

A pair of jeans?! In a wooden box?! I took a look at said jeans and they were the 'distressed' type (you know with the holes on on purpose and faded down etc)

The real humdinger was how much he had paid for ONE pair of jeans, in a wooden box. £150. :rotfl:

jetplane

My husband doesn't have moneysaving habits he's the opposite he;

leaves the lights on in every room
leaves the windows open and the heating on
never switches off appliances
buys food for his lunches, forgets and has to buy sandwiches, drinks etc
never notices the grocery offers
never uses change always uses notes and leaves and loses the change in his pockets, car etc

then every so often looks at me and our daughter and says we're going to have to watch what we're spending :eek: we just say yeh right whatever:rotfl:

SkintGypsy

My husband will happily leave a tv playing to itself for hours, but if I leave the light on in the cooker hood while my pots are bubbling he huffs and puffs like it's the crime of the century. The bulb just went after four + years, and that is because I keep 'leaving it on'. Erm, using it to see the delicious dinner I am making for us all? That's the one!

Miss_Ratty

My OH has a "spreadsheet" which every penny gets recorded on of receipts so we know who owes what. I think its quite sensible at the moment as we both earn the same and we want to keep our finances separate, but sometimes I will get annoyed when he says "well I didn't eat any of those apples, so are you happy to pay for them?" over a 50p bag of reduced apples. Its endemic amongst his friends. One took his wife to the pub for a treat and afterwards when she thanked him for a nice evening he said "I'll put it on the spreadsheet". Ah well, at least fairness and equality are alive!

Steel_2

Jinx wrote: »

I think we might be married to the same bloke!:eek: Mine however DID rewire the garage lights to be more efficient (hes an electrician tho lol). I have had the odd paddy when I've gone to the loo only to find hes turned off the TV I was watching and the lights in the room... soooo annoying.


He would say my worst thing is buying/booking things spontaneously. But I do normally look for codes etc, but make the decision and go for it in minutes, he deliberates for weeks...

I feel for you! Mine also deliberates for weeks over the smallest detail. He'll insist on checking every website, speaking to salespeople on the phone, chewing things over on the phone with his father. For gawd's sake, it's just a shelf/stool/headlights for the car. Hurry up! I never knew the meaning of the word dither until I met him.

I'm afraid to say I get a little childish sometimes and go round and deliberately plug things back in. Sometimes I do it in the night if I get up to go to loo.

Sensible_Jess

OH worst habits: - throwing away (I mean literally) all small change >50p int the bin. I fish it out and it goes into my penny pot!:j
Also - keeping all the change from any money given - such as £10 for a £3.50 cab fare last week... I didn't see a penny of it back, so I'm down 6.50!!!

And - never having cash when we're on a night out so either it goes on the joint account (only for bills - not frills) or I end up paying for it!!!

My worst habits - spending too much on presents and luxury items - you only live once:beer:, plus saving rates are appalling so are in fact losing money just sitting in the bank:(

em_watford

Basically, he leaves EVERYTHING to do with finances to me. I don't think he has a clue how much our rent comes to, how much I paid for school uniform or what our electricity bill is!

The 'Finance Fairy' just magically breezes in and everything gets paid.

166million

Sensible_Jess wrote: »

OH worst habits: - throwing away (I mean literally) all small change >50p int the bin.

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garfield33

Sensible_Jess wrote: »

OH worst habits: - throwing away (I mean literally) all small change >50p int the bin. I fish it out and it goes into my penny pot!:j

One ex-housemate used to leave small change lying all over the floor - I just saw it as profit or wages, especially when emptying the bagless vacuum cleaner! I used to make a pretty penny out of that, all the while she's wondering why her money doesn't last til the end of the month...

pelirocco

Miss_Ratty wrote: »

My OH has a "spreadsheet" which every penny gets recorded on of receipts so we know who owes what. I think its quite sensible at the moment as we both earn the same and we want to keep our finances separate, but sometimes I will get annoyed when he says "well I didn't eat any of those apples, so are you happy to pay for them?" over a 50p bag of reduced apples. Its endemic amongst his friends. One took his wife to the pub for a treat and afterwards when she thanked him for a nice evening he said "I'll put it on the spreadsheet". Ah well, at least fairness and equality are alive!

You think? , very weird way of living tbh , ok if you are flatmates maybe

God help you if you leave work to have kids