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

Percy1983

I earn more than my better half but we have both worked equally hard to get into professions we enjoy.

Both being happy at work is worth a lot more than money.

Higgy2007

Where do I start?!

He automatically renews his car/house insurance without checking
he never opens his bank statements so doesn't really know what's going on in his account.
He's never switched gas/electricity suppliers
He always picks the finest products in the supermarket then moans that his shopping bill is too high(!)

Thankfully we don't live together or he'd drive me totally barmy!!

VestanPance

zaksmum wrote: »

I don't think £80 a week is enough for a full supermarket shop if it's going to include alcohol too!

I very rarely buy alcohol, but £80 is huge for a couple for one week. I'd be spending half that, as a single person who eats well and isn't afraid of the odd treat I average about £110 a month at the supermarket. I could easily cut that if I wanted too.

newburygal

My other half:
Leaves the light on when he vacates a room
Leaves the tap running when he brushes his teeth
Tumble dries even when the sun is shining outside
Doesn't keep track of money he spends
Leaves the telly on standby every single day
Refuses to buy supermarket own products
Draws money out or spends on the debit card without checking if we have enough in the account

At least he has stopped using his credit card to draw cash out and is now happy to leave all the finance stuff to me.

When we first met I was a saver whilst he was always in the red. He got letters from the bank as he would frequently go overdrawn without realising it and had no overdraft arrangement in place. Not long after we got engaged he had to see the bank manager (yes, in those days we had a bank manager!) as he was overdrawn yet again. I went with him and told the bank manager how I was going to sort my other half's finances and at the end of the meeting the manager said to me he was glad I was dealing with the problem and that he was confident he would not see my husband back in his office again. And he was right, we have never had nasty letters from the bank since then. :T

thegirlintheattic

Booking lots of weekend breaks!

We usually go camping once every 6 weeks or so but since a horrible experiance with a leaking tent he's decided to book hotels/travel lodges/yurts for our camping trips! - not very moneysaving.

He's also decided to book hotels for some weekends so we can visit friends who live 2hrs away. Which is great but still expensive.

We have seperate fiances and while he is happy to pay for me it does make me feel guilty that I cannot pay, as I need to save up. Also flys in the face of "Oh, we've got to cut down on the shopping spend this week" when he turns around and spends £150 on a yurt for a weekend!

thegirlintheattic

lozzy88 wrote: »

:rotfl:

This is my OH too hes trying to convince me that we NEED a 3D tv for the front room.

It must be catching. So does mine, even when I point out that we only got a new TV about 6 months ago, and at the time he said 3D wasn't worth the extra £1000.

Any

zaksmum wrote: »

I don't think £80 a week is enough for a full supermarket shop if it's going to include alcohol too!

I do not buy basics, I am not affraid to reach for finest labels, we eat meat nearly every day and with alcohol I spend just about that, maybe little less! For 2 people!

sassyblue

I think my hubbys is that he'll have the computer on in one room (complete with light on), the telly on in another room, (again with light on) and then he'll go out in the garage to do something, gggrrr.

But l can't moan too much because he doesn't spend money without running it by me first to check the money will be there (l know what's gong out & when, he doesn't bother knowing) he will check Top Cash Back first now to see if we can get cashback and he does check the shelf edge labels in supermarkets now to find the best value for money, most times anyway.

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VestanPance wrote: »

I very rarely buy alcohol, but £80 is huge for a couple for one week. I'd be spending half that, as a single person who eats well and isn't afraid of the odd treat I average about £110 a month at the supermarket. I could easily cut that if I wanted too.

£700 a month at supermarket for me. 2 of us, plus one 7 yr old and 3 cats.

Any

HangTime wrote: »

In some ways it can lead to almost a keeping-up-with-the-Jones' type situation, except that your name happens to be Jones. Hubby's got himself a Playstation, so I'm having a spa treatment. The Mrs just spunked £50 at the casino, so I'm off down the boozer. I'm not saying that these sort of things wouldn't happen even with separate finances, but if they do there may be less resentment about it because you know they aren't directly impacting on the joint finances.

I completely agree with this. We have our spending money separate, only because this is the easiest way to deal with it.

If we have children it will possibly change, but right now we are young, succesfull, commitment free and I am seriously not having a conversation with my husband every time I want a new handbag.