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to not go to bed because we've fallen out

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TotallyAndUtterlyPaninied · 23/11/2009 20:33

I'm really stressed, pregnant, hormonal, upset, etc tonight and I know I'm working a long day tomorrow with no break but there's nothing I can do about it because I'm hourly paid and can't turn down the money.

DH also has a lot of stress going on at the moment due to a health issue that is causing us a lot of worry.

When he got paid this month he didn't put any money in my account to cover half the mortgage or massive bills and debts because he wanted to spend it on xmas presents. Instead, it ended up getting frittered away on take aways and such likes and now we're skint. I will get paid next week and it will go on the mortgage, bills, etc.

So I will have no money for xmas. I've still got most people's presents to buy including DH's. DS is all sorted now but no one else is. DH wants an expensive (to us) coat. This is fine, he doesn't have a lot of stuff and it's really nice. However, it's occured to me that I'll have no money for presents so I said how am I meant to buy any?

He said 'oh just forget it, I won't have the coat', totally spat his dummy. I said 'I'm not being funny, I'm just saying, I won't have any money left after the bills have come out, so how am I meant to buy anything for anyone?' He said 'you can have my wage in a couple of weeks'. So I said 'well how will you buy any more presents?' and he said 'I just want to fucking cancel xmas this year we don't have any money and it's all just stress.' Conversation continued in this style going round in circles with him being all arsey about the coat and with him marching off to bed (well I told him to and he did).

I was meant to be going to bed early with him tonight to chill out, watch a dvd, drink hot chocci. He'd made me the hot chocci.

But I don't wanna go now because I'm too het up.

AIBU to not go?

It's petty but it's a big deal at this very second IYSWIM.

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thisisyesterday · 23/11/2009 20:39

yes yabu not to go, because you sound like you need some sleep!!!

he sounds like he's behaved like a complete idiot with the money, and you do need to talk to him and maybe re-arrange the finances a bit.
in fact, i would advise maybe setting up a direct debit or something so that the money for bills/mortgage just goes out regardless, after all it's hardly a luxury!
money for presents etc needs to be saved up for not taken out of mortgatge money

but anyway, you didn't ask for adcvice on that so i'll shut up!
go and get some sleep and maybe you will feel better about it all in the morning?
you have my permission to not talk to him tonight though lol

steph101 · 23/11/2009 20:49

YANBU

He has seen his arse over you trying to be sensible. And to makeit even worse he spends the bills/xmas money on anything but.

Sounds like mine when he spits his dummy out !!

AdelaideJo · 23/11/2009 22:05

Am pondering the exact same thing right now.

DP has spat bile for the last 2 hours because...

  1. He couldn't find the documents I took great care to fax on his behalf and then omitted to put back where he could easily find them.
  1. I have put his shoes away in the wardrobe in our son's room after i tripped over them in the middle of the night pregnant-ly rushing to the loo.

Am in half a mind to make him go on the bloody blow up mattress. So rude!

thisisyesterday · 23/11/2009 22:09

noooo don't even ponder it.
they don't "win" by you sleeping in the same bed. but you "lose" if you don't get a decent night's sleep.

so go to bed, get some shut-eye and come back to it with a fresh outlook tomorrow.
men are a bit stupid a lot of the time

tiredntetchy · 23/11/2009 22:14

Sounds like you are both stressed. Can't you let friends and family know things are tight and just buy little things for each other? I have had to do this and alot of friends and family agreed that it was getting out of hand.

We now just buy the kids and only spend £5 to £10 on each. Its amazing what nice imaginative things £5 can buy.

Itll all work out. Don't get stressed about it, its not important even tho it feels big now. Just go to bed and think about YOUR family esp that little one. Itll seem better in the morn.

thisweathersajoke · 23/11/2009 22:22

I know totally where you are coming from.

Just sent my DH 'up to bed' and have NO intentions of sharing it with him. Just because I am so annoyed with him don't want to be that close!!

I too am pregnant with 8 weeks to go and as a xmas gift for DH - to allieviate our boring staying in watching TV existance, I bought him some gig tickets for this saturday. I bought the tickets in JUNE and told him to ask his brother to go, in case i was feeling very fat and pregnnt and didn;t want to stand in hot sweaty concert hall 32 weeks pregnant.

Did he book the night off work? NO
Did he arrange for someone else to go with him? NO
Even though the tickets were bought in June.

So, I am £50 worse off that I cannot afford - was his xmas gift and v annoyed. Prob more annoyed that he didn;t sort his end out so that he could go, than the money tbh.

Prob overreacting but just so pissed off with him and this nagging row that has been going on all week as the bloody concert gets closer.

Arggh.

soozeedol · 23/11/2009 22:36

Well, you both need to chill out ... he made a mistake spending money he shouldn't have ... well hey who hasn't?
Why don't you recognise that neither of you is finding things so easy at the mo and you would be better trying to understand each other and be supportive ... discuss things ... leave out the stress of everyone else and get wine and sweeties for them all ... you have the DS sorted and you guys can plan something in the New Year/next pay day for yourselves.

Get the bills paid and everything else will feel easier ... do it together ... get to bed and have your cuddles and a good sleep, once you make a plan you can both feel positive about ... things will be better.

He might still get his coat in the sales ... just maybe not right now ... it's only a coat!!

ginnybag · 24/11/2009 11:41

Erm...

The real issue here is that he thinks it's okay to not pay his half of the bills. Everything after that is just gravy, IMO.

If he raises the topic again, say you won't discuss the subject of his Xmas pressie with him right now but that you need to have serious sit down and look at how the major bills get paid, because you're not happy that he thinks it fair that you're in this situation with no help from him.

As for the sleep thing... I hope you did go to bed and get some rest. Personally, I'd have kicked him, shut the bedroom door and left him to it!

Hope it all seems better this morning, OP.

2rebecca · 24/11/2009 13:32

I couldn't live with your financial set up. In our house there is no your money and my money just our money and if we have a take away we discuss it if money is tight.
You need to both sit down and discuss your financial priorities and how you will manage your money. You shouldn't be having to make him give you family money in the 21st century.

TotallyAndUtterlyPaninied · 24/11/2009 18:21

I ended up going to bed and sorting it out. We're just so goddam stressed at the moment.

At least it wasn't just us though

2rebecca- we can't get a joint account due to DH's previous bad credit. We're going to attempt again this weekend though.

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