I came from not a lot, and to be fair neither did he....
Mortgage always paid
Food on the table
Shod and clothed......all four of us. (in my case)
On both sides they made no provision for old age, all sibs had to pitch in to keep them afloat....
I (we) have always made sure that we as a result always had a bloody good back up plan, we have a decent final salary pension between us and another pension pot not to be touched for five years, by some peoples standards we are thriving, and I genuinely feel that we are....
However if we need to get something done for example to the house, I will ask for the best price etc.,
Currently, we need a new alarm system, I knew the initial price was a rip off, I played hard ball, alarm man refused to budge I backed off, he has eventually caved and yesterday offered a reduction of £300. (Only took three months 🙄)
Came off the phone elated and all I got from DH was a grudging urghh......
We are normally a great couple and work really well together.
I asked several times today (nicely) why he was so grudging... he just shrugged.
I am in charge of all finances, so tonight I have moved the savings into my boots and bags account,( this is a tiny account containing money my Godmother left me last year) DH won't even notice the movement of funds.
Not something I would normally do, and in a day or two I will probably move it back to general funds, but tonight it felt like a fuck you buddy.....😡
If you have read this far, thank you.
And that post was easier than falling out with my generally lovely DH. 😂