My gf is dropping brands in the grocery shop. Whether she likes it or not

Robin9

Brand drop - ASDA Smart Price cornflakes to replace her Kellogs.

A sure way to end what will be a short-lived relationship.

[Deleted User]

How old are you Rob? how can we care when what you are trying to get us to aid and abet you in is so completely unethical to our Old Style lives? If we make suggestions to help you achieve the objective of extracting money from your girlfriend and then cheating her out of her money by replacing even the food she buys with cheaper alternatives in the more expensive packaging we are complicit in the deception and would be as guilty as you of stealing from her. Sad but true!

rach_k

I'm still not sure whether this is a serious thread or not, but just in case it is, have you considered being honest, Rob? Set it out as challenge like they do on TV - ask your girlfriend to give you the amount of money she would normally spend on her shopping (you will, of course, as a decent human being be expecting to pay your own way) and tell her you'll be trying some cheaper options to see if she notices/cares. After a week of eating/using the products you substituted, get her to tell you what she thought of things then tell her how much you spent on the lot. Put the money saved (including your contribution, which should be equal to what you would have spent on yourself previously) in a stack on the table and let her decide which changes to accept and which to reject. Then split the cash. If she's happy with what you've achieved, she may well just tell you to keep all of the money, but don't expect it! Even if you split it, you'll both be better off.

The alternative is to deceive her. While that might be okay for one or two things (which you reveal later in a "TA DA, you didn't notice!" moment), if she realises you've been stealing from her you are likely to get dumped. Is it worth that?

TightRob

I'm going to see how it goes for a while first.

Primrose

Well if you're genuinely doing this to sneakily pay off your debts I hope your girl friend cooks you a nice steak and kidney pie made from Whiskas cat food!

And then shows you the tin after you've eaten the last morsel from your plate. :rotfl:

TightRob

Yes, very good - I'll be sure to come back and tell you haha

Spendless

Well for goodness sake don't tell her. Not even when you buy her something expensive with the money you've saved

Years ago,I decided to buy a cheaper brown sauce. DH was the only one in the house who liked it. So, I bought a cheaper bottle, poured some of it into the HP and shook it up and kept serving. He never said a word,just ate it quite happily so I decided to tell him. He then insisted it had been tasting weird and he'd mentioned it to me (he hadn't) and he thought there'd been a recipe change. He insists to this day he could tell!!!

fuddle

Relationships are nothing without respect. A relationship can get through the worst of situations with honesty and teamwork.

If this isn't a windup I take my hat off to you for identifying you have issues and for trying to sort them

There is a wealth of information to be had here but you have gotten off on the wrong food with some very wise people. The language you used caused the reader to feel that you're disrespectful to your gf. I'll leave the word at disrespectful because it came across as being much, much worse.

It would be sensible to take a step back, apologise and give a clearer picture of you working together with your girlfriend to help you BOTH cut your outgoings.

One last chance, from me anyway, to give you the benefit of the doubt so you can access help and support. Failure to to offer that little olive branch, apologise for getting off on the wrong foot etc then it will be clear that it's just a game to you.

Folks here are willing to help but you'll get short shrift otherwise.

Pop_Up_Pirate

Report for Spam and move on.

He's taking the pee in the other threads too. Wind up man.

fuddle

Of course he is...

but I'd rather give him the chance just in case. This part of OS changes lives when in desperate situations.

The OP either shows he's humble or doesn't. Being humble will give him an in, that he's walked over already, being cocky will allow us to move on.

Had my terrible, self inflicted circumstances had fallen on deaf ears here years ago then I really don't know where I would be. This cocky soando might just have gone about things the wrong way and needs an in with a different approach.

Either way we'll know and leave him to it.