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Am I unreasonable or Dh about money?

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Freddofrog1983 · 20/06/2017 11:11

My husband checked the online banking today to find out we are on the overdraft by nearly £200. When he checked he saw £149 had gone out via paypal for an ebay purchase he said he didn't order although it was a car part he had looked at a while ago. He had also ordered 2 watches which he said he would probably cancel.

Anyway he asked to request a return to ebay which i have done but still waiting to hear from the seller. I also cancelled the watches which he has now gone mad about. He swore at me on the phone and called me controlling. He hung up on me twice so i have ignored his calls as he is trying to call me back.

He has just left me a nasty voicemail saying if I don't answer thee phone he is transferring £300 from the savings and re ordering the watch and cancelling an order i had made which is a rucksack for our son's birthday soon. Its not like I ordered something for myself, it's for our son and i ordered it when we had money in the bank and it's only £9.00.

What I want to say is why not order the watch when it's payday instead of using savings or overdraft.

Am I unreasonable for cancelling the items even though he briefly mentioned it himself when he told me to contact the ebay seller? I hate debt, I find it really stressful and i also hate just dipping into savings as at some time they will run out.

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Freddofrog1983 · 20/06/2017 12:27

I have a separate account which is never touched as it contains inheritence from when my parents died. I kept it separate due to sorting out my mum's affairs everything to do with her went into that account. I have never added my husband's name to the account and he has a little dig now and again about me keeping the money from him. My plans for that money would be to put towards a bigger property for us all in the future.

We do have a joint account for everything else though.

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DirtyChaiLatte · 20/06/2017 12:35

I think you have more issues than just car parts and watches.

There's something wrong with a person if they think that it's ok to make a point and punish me by trying to hurt my child (cancelling child's birthday present).

Mummyoflittledragon · 20/06/2017 12:38

He's acting like a dick. Just ignore him until he calms down.

mygorgeousmilo · 20/06/2017 12:39

Cancelling a child's birthday present to punish you? He's a pig!

FizzyGreenWater · 20/06/2017 13:01

Sounds like it's time to point out to him that nasty threats like this are maybe a good reason to not add him to that account.

PS - NEVER add him to that account. Sounds like you never know when you might need it...

Longdistance · 20/06/2017 13:07

Is strangle my Dh if he cancelled an order for our dd's. He can tell your dd why it didn't arrive then can't he?

Why does he need so much crap? 2 watches? Seriously, what a dickhead.

He's wasting money, whilst you're trying to make a better future. I'd ring fence your savings inheritance if I were you.

Longdistance · 20/06/2017 13:07

Change the account password so he can't cancel the parcel? Just a thought.

Guiltypleasures001 · 20/06/2017 13:18

He's spending your inheritance by stealth op, if he can't get his hands on it properly, he's doing it through the overdraft and savings.

I think you have to look in to protecting it a lot better from him if need be

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