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SWMBO · 05/12/2009 22:11

Hello

my DH is a lawyer and earns quite a bit. we have separate bank accounts and he pays for all the bills, food etc. and everything DS and DD need.
he gives me £750 per month for me to pamper myself and to buy my own things as i don't work.
but i'm finding that this isn't enough, a few spa visits and shopping trips and it all goes.

AIBU to want more? DH says I'm spoilt but I honestly think I need maybe an extra £500 a month. its no like DH can't afford it...

OP posts:
halfcut · 05/12/2009 22:14
Biscuit
FluffyForLifeNotJustForXmas · 05/12/2009 22:14

Too much time on your hands dear?

This is wron on so many levels, I won't waste my time to be blunt. Bye.

mamasmissionimpossible · 05/12/2009 22:14

You must be joking!

hatesponge · 05/12/2009 22:15
simpson · 05/12/2009 22:15

Mmmmm....

MavisEnderby · 05/12/2009 22:16

You are taking the proverbial,surely?????

Troll antennae and pisstake antannae on Red Alert!

Original poster
SWMBO · 05/12/2009 22:16

it's not like i spend it all on me, i do buy DS and DD gifts and things

OP posts:
Shineynewthings · 05/12/2009 22:17

Takes the bleedin not fair...!

Brunettelady · 05/12/2009 22:19

Is this a troll thread? I have never been sure on how you could tell but this OP is really really taking the fucking piss!!!! Try paying everything out of that money then you may have something to complain about. Stupid Cow! Yes I have just posted a thread about rudeness but if this is a serious one then you fucking deserve it.

mummyofexcitedprincesses · 05/12/2009 22:19

I think you are being perfectly reasonable. What is the point in him earning all that lovely money if you can't spend a bit on yourself.

As long as the 4x4 is full of petrol, Tarquin and Cressida's school fees are covered and your modest Kensington house is all paid for, whyever not?

Original poster
SWMBO · 05/12/2009 22:19

I know friends who get much more. Honestly I feel like the child at school with the scruffy uniform.
sometimes I get invited out to lunch but i know I can't afford it, and its embarrassing having to make up excuses

OP posts:
simpson · 05/12/2009 22:20

£500 a month is a lot of gifts for your DCs

am very about this....

Nyx · 05/12/2009 22:21

My heart bleeds for you (NOT)

StayFrostyTheSnowMam · 05/12/2009 22:21

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MavisEnderby · 05/12/2009 22:22

Oh come on OP,i am sure you are much more creative than this.Please start a genuinely funny thread....

CDDA86 · 05/12/2009 22:23

Oh I agree with you SWMBO. I'm a homemaker and insisted my DH gave me pin money which covered the essentials to enable me to cope with the stress of looking after the children and the house - we're not slaves after all! Mine gives me £2000 per month, which covers the memberships, shopping, lunches with the girls, and treats for the nanny. But I guess I am lucky in that my DH works in Geneva in commodities which isn't badly paid

Original poster
SWMBO · 05/12/2009 22:23

please i am being serious. i pay around £100 per month for the gym. with spa days and lunches it soon adds up.

OP posts:
Shineynewthings · 05/12/2009 22:24

I tell you what OP, lets swap days. I take your £750 and you take my £7.50. I'll go clothes shopping down bond street, and you can take my cash to Primari....

Alambil · 05/12/2009 22:25

Try living on £750 every OTHER month, then come back moaning to me about not affording stuff

Original poster
SWMBO · 05/12/2009 22:26

what is Primari?

OP posts:
MillyR · 05/12/2009 22:26

Brunettelady, this is meant in the nicest, unrudest way: you really need to calm down.

Op, if this is in any way a serious thread, how does it work that your DH has all the food and DC's clothes money in his account? Do you not do do the food or DC clothes shopping?

Shineynewthings · 05/12/2009 22:27

CDDA86 Does your husband have a friend/cousin/father/brother/nephew that's equally eligible? Oh and loaded?

EndangeredSpecies · 05/12/2009 22:27

instead of trolling, why don't people just post threads called "I'm bored come and talk to me about shit", at least then we could miss out the first page of insults and sarcastic comments and just talk shit directly.

Brunettelady · 05/12/2009 22:28

Try making some sandwiches, then you won't have to pay for lunch out. Or get your housekeeper to as surely you don't dare do anything manual yourself.

VirginPeachyMotherOfSpod · 05/12/2009 22:28

Actually, as someone on benefits (Carers), if your expenses mean you have to say no to the offer as lucnh often, and you can afford it, then ask for mroe. Seriosuly.

Just because I have to get by on less, should make no difference to you (beyong basic human compassion obv). youa re still entitled to a fair share- and a fair share will be different dependant on income.

You will immensely pissoff those who are massively struggling though, understandably- if life is ahrd its going to hurt. And of course this is a wind up thread.