So, DH needs a new phone as his old one has broken. The one he wants he tells me has a retail price of £650 new! My sodding laptop that I bought last year wasn't even that much. Basically he's been told that he can have the phone for £100 upfront if he agrees to a £35 a month contract for 2 years. I think this is excessive. He's already stretched on his monthly salary due to a car loan, and I've only got maternity pay coming in until I'm back to work in November, so things have been a bit tight money-wise at times.
We could just about afford it and obviously I don't want to tell him how to spend his money, but I have a perfectly usable phone for less than half that much per month (and cost nothing upfront), and I just think a fancy mobile is an excessive expense whilst our finances are stretched. I just don't get the appeal of flashy phones. Surely as long as you can do the essentials like get texts, e-mails, check the internet and make and receive phone calls then that's all you need? AIBU to ask him to look at cheaper options?
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KitKat1985 · 21/04/2017 21:13
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