To be bored of DP constantly going on about "bargains" and "savings" and "reductions" etc??

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To be fair he's been tight overly cautious with money ever since I've known him but to a ridiculous extent - such as not flushing the toilet to save on the water meter and buying his DC holey, stained clothing from a "closing down" shop for christmas. He CONSTANTLY texts me with stories about how he's saved money here, there and everywhere and it is boring me to tears. Earlier I received a text from him saying he'd spent £20 and bought "loads" of groceries - I don't care! He's like a bloody pensioner running to the reduced ailse at tesco at 7pm at night so that he can get 50p off a battered and bruised product that nobody else wants.
Everytime he comes down to my house he reels off what he's bought recently and how much he'd saved. Anyway earlier, I'd been having a fun text conversation with a friend and he sends me the text about the £20 groceries - I replied "I don't care."
He's now off in a major huff but for fucks sake, I'm 31 years old - there is more to life than bargain hunting and "reduced ailses" surely?? Why can he never talk about anything fun??

Well, the odd bargain is always gratifying, but he does sound very dull. What are his good qualities? If the relationship otherwise works well, could you tell him he's welcome to tell you about two (say) bargains a week but no more?

UADNBU!
Why are you with this guy? Personally, severe meaness cancels out any other redeeming features, in my book. And you are right-there is more to life. Tell him to fix up, or bin you'll bin him.

You know, there's nothing forcing you to stay with him. If there's no fun in the man and you're looking for fun, you need to be calling it quits.

I'd find it boring too. I like a bargain as much as the next tightarse, but I don't expect others to be interested.

Do you have DCs?

Haha the pensioner bit made me laugh. My DP was the same when we lived opposite tescos, his "best buy" was a bunch of dead flowers for a penny, they should of been giving them away!

I'm glad it's not just me! was expecting to have my arse handed to me (hence the name-change!). It drives me insane. We went out for a meal the other night on a groupon voucher. See I don't mind bargains either - but they don't rule my life! and he was going on and on and on about how much money we were saving and saying things like "If it hadn't been for the voucher, we wouldn't have got a pudding but because we've got so much knocked off, I don't mind .... oh shut up for christs sake!!! He comes in with a big sponge cake and SHOUTS .... "50p!!! should have been £3!! we've saved £2.50!!!" wow amazing

How tedius!

You sound completely contemptuous of him. Which is fair enough, he sounds like a pita. So why are you with him?

Theo he sounds dull as dishwater. I think you should stick with your 'I don't care' theme and see how it pans out.

It would be a complete turn off for me and it sounds like it is for you.

My dh does this too! Leaves the receipt out for me to see his bargains (I scrumple and bin it without looking and I bin mine as I leave the shop so he can't see the chocolate I've already eaten by the time I get home). I nod and say well done dear while planning something else in my head as he tells me all about it.

I would be tempted to buy a really expensive cake and burst in with it saying 'this cost an absolute bloody fortune!' and then drop it on the floor.

He's the same with holidays too though, it's really making me question everything else to be honest. We recently had this conversation -

dp - "but I want us to go on holiday together!"
me - "but you always say you can't afford it!"
dp - "I can if you give me time to save!"
me - "ok, so where shall we go?"
dp - "don't know, anywhere - somewhere nice! but nothing that costs over about £300 and I need about 2 years to save"

(in context, we were talking about somewhere like Turkey/Egypt for two weeks - not Scarborough.)

pmsl Dexter!! that would be hilarious, he'd probably cry.

I like a bargain but hes something else. It seems to be running his life. Also did he need the sponge cake coz if he didnt hes jus wasted 50p buying for the sake of buying.

Ok so you're not married to him or living with him, are you? I breathed a sigh of relief when I realised you had your own home.

Why exactly are you with him? Why is he with you?

Love the idea of dropping an expensive cake on the floor.

Or couldn't you get one of those lottery ticket things you fill in, then fill it in with winning numbers and leave it casually in his house. Mention you've bought him a lottery ticket. Then watch him search his home from top to bottom for the ticket. Then dump him.

Ditch him. There'll be someone my mum who would love to bargain hunt with him, but if it's sapping the fun out of everyday life for you, you have to tell him to get lost.

oh no! i totally do this! i am constantly telling people things like how i got a box of thorntons chocolates for 60p including delivery and stuff.

if i lived in america i would probably be one of those extreme couponers.

to be fair i am on my 2nd round of maternity leave in 2 years and i really don't have much else to get excited about.

PMSL at the expensive cake dropping

What are his good points? Hard to understand from your post why you are with him. I would find that behaviour really tiresome - yanbu

You don't seem to like him very much. Why stay? Is he good in bed, or does he thrust away while whispering sweet bargains in your ear?

"Ooh baby these condoms were half price, now it's only 50p a shag?!?"

I'll stop now

Dexter you just made me laugh out loud - love it

My husband is exactly the same it is hideous!! He always uses vouchers to pay for things and buys reduced stuff in the supermarkets and brags about it. Like a pensioner - hilarious!
I have to say it is the most enormous turn off and really really puts me off him.
He goes mad if he see's me buy something and not get a loyalty card out to get points - even if i was only spending a pound!
He buys the cheapest of everything and it is so unsexy.
Funny to read this I thought I was being a bitch gritting my teeth every time he shows me one of his bargains.