Not sure if I'm being unreasonable or if DHs expectations are off.
Due to mh issues I can't have any access to money or drive at the moment so we've had quite a low key holidays so far, just lots of free activities (park etc) within walking distance and several tv days.
When dh got home yesterday we all went to the shop. I bought kids a chocolate bar each, some chocolate milk and some grapes as an extra treat. With milk, bread, fags and wine it came to thirty quid.
Dh was a bit pissy about it. The fags and wine came out of my personal 'allowance' (I'm allowed one bottle of wine and 4 packs of cigs a week) but obviously the rest was extra.
Dh feels that buying stuff for the kids was over the top and that they should just eat and drink the things we buy in the weekly shop. I feel that buying a small treat for them in the holidays is a worthwhile expense.
This was the first trip to the shop since Saturday so it's not like I'm spending money every day.
It's not a huge deal but I'm wondering if it's just me being impulsive and spendy, or if DH's expectations are a bit off. He's never had to have control of the family budget before I got ill and is hugely frugal and I think I've lost sight of what's 'normal'.
AIBU?
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How much extra do you spend on the kids in the hols?
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LewisAndClark · 05/08/2016 10:21
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