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HolyCheeses and Mary… the spreadsheet, the bullshit bingo and the aftermath. Part deux

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HolyCheeses · 22/04/2026 17:36

Was asked to start a thread.

started a thread.

OP posts:
Whowhenwhatwear · Yesterday 15:33

SaveMeFromMyBoobs · Yesterday 15:25

If he's going to keep making financial decisions and commitments this week based on assuming OP will play along, then it may be advisable to let him know sooner rather than later.

I thought the same. Best to give him a heads up that things won't be going how he is imagining they will, and he should cut his cloth accordingly

RedLightYellowLight · Yesterday 16:42

Blatant placemark for when he realises you’re not providing care to his parents

RawBloomers · Yesterday 16:48

Whowhenwhatwear · Yesterday 15:33

I thought the same. Best to give him a heads up that things won't be going how he is imagining they will, and he should cut his cloth accordingly

OP has been asking for an age to sort out finances, kept her own house renovation on hold for months and made other decisions (and held off on decisions) on the basis of this move, but he's kept her dangling. It's fine for her to take a week, or more, to be able to discuss this in a manner she is comfortable with. It's not her responsibility to make up for him making unreasonable assumptions about her willingness to subsidise his lifestyle choices.

ThisJadeBear · Yesterday 16:52

RedLightYellowLight · Yesterday 16:42

Blatant placemark for when he realises you’re not providing care to his parents

Can you imagine? He’s going to have to tell Ted and Sheila that he needs more money from them.
Whatever this guy does for a living it’s not been his greatest work this plan, has it?
A quick waft of a spreadsheet and everyone but him is paying the mortgage.
There is no way most men would move their parents into an annexe if they were single.
This is like employing a free carer by stealth - Mum is much more comfy having another lady taking her to the GP. She says you are like a daughter to her.
And as for the amounts on that spreadsheet where is he doing the food shop - Harrods?
And I bet the Sky bill is high because he’s got every sports channel on it as well.
We are going to have a new spreadsheet next week - passive aggressive beauties designed to guilt OP into moving to Manipulative Mansion.

SpainToday · Yesterday 17:21

cantthinkofagoodusername1 · 23/04/2026 16:16

As another poster has said, as women we tend to be worried about being seen as 'gold diggers' so we often bend over backwards to prove that we are not, to the point that we will end up funding someone else's lavish lifestyle to the detriment of our own.
This man is capitalising on this.

Sadly this is so true

Silverbirchleaf · Yesterday 19:06

Whowhenwhatwear · Yesterday 15:33

I thought the same. Best to give him a heads up that things won't be going how he is imagining they will, and he should cut his cloth accordingly

I get where you are coming from, and wonder ge realised op could subsidise his lifestyle. Did ge buy the house prior to op, abd if do surely he should gave fractured costs and affordability then? Is thus v part of getting a mortgage? What has gone wrong that he needs someone now.

SaveMeFromMyBoobs · Yesterday 19:47

RawBloomers · Yesterday 16:48

OP has been asking for an age to sort out finances, kept her own house renovation on hold for months and made other decisions (and held off on decisions) on the basis of this move, but he's kept her dangling. It's fine for her to take a week, or more, to be able to discuss this in a manner she is comfortable with. It's not her responsibility to make up for him making unreasonable assumptions about her willingness to subsidise his lifestyle choices.

Doing the same is just her stooping to his level and going tit for tat. She doesn't need to string him along like he has.

Jaichangecentfoisdenom · Yesterday 20:29

SaveMeFromMyBoobs · Yesterday 19:47

Doing the same is just her stooping to his level and going tit for tat. She doesn't need to string him along like he has.

It sounds as if he’s been stringing the OP along for weeks, if not months or years! A week or so on her side is hardly stringing him along to anything like the same extent.

FateAmenableToChange · Yesterday 20:29

How about make a counter proposal, one that advantges you to the same extent. Be v curious to see how lovingly he responds...

Jaichangecentfoisdenom · Yesterday 20:31

FateAmenableToChange · Yesterday 20:29

How about make a counter proposal, one that advantges you to the same extent. Be v curious to see how lovingly he responds...

That’s good, you can bet he wouldn’t be expecting a counter proposal! I bet all the wonderful wise women on this thread who are good at figures could be persuaded to produce a counter-proposal spreadsheet to the OP’s advantage!

PoliteEagle · Yesterday 21:22

It is all turning to a circus now. What’s the point of this thread now? She decided to dump him, good for her and?

BeFunnyBiscuit · Yesterday 22:04

PoliteEagle · Yesterday 21:22

It is all turning to a circus now. What’s the point of this thread now? She decided to dump him, good for her and?

the man made it a circus...but imagine he realises she is worth having her in his life and he is a dick losing her and actually proposes a marriage and a generous loving attitude to money, not abusing her good heart....is he capable of that much change in over a week?

SaveMeFromMyBoobs · Yesterday 22:34

FateAmenableToChange · Yesterday 20:29

How about make a counter proposal, one that advantges you to the same extent. Be v curious to see how lovingly he responds...

But why continue it? Say he agrees to keep her - she still wants to leave him.

She just needs to break up with him and extract herself. She doesn't need the games.

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