to wish accountant dh would take better care with his own finances.

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Two recent example. He is on 1 regular prescription per month which he pays for. Came back from the doctors the other day with 2 new prescription items which he paid £14.40 for. Gently pointed out that a pre payment cert may be better. Especially as current prescription is now due.
Went shopping and agreed to buy an £80 lego set for dd. Turned out that dd had asked for a cheaper set but he talked her into more expensive one.

My dh is an accountant too and I don't let him anywhere near our finances! He's fine with other people's finances etc but rubbish with his own. So now I do it all - that way I know bills are paid, credit cards are paid on time etc.

I am also an accountant and work as a credit controller and am terrible at paying my bills!

Being an accountant just means you are good with numbers. It doesn't mean you are necessarily good at saving money.

I'm an accountant and see this a lot. We're generally shit with our own money.

I'm quite good, it helps when my husband is cheap, but I find that because I spend my days not caring much about any number smaller than half a million dollars, my own much, much smaller numbers tend to lose their impact.