I think this is ok?

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Hi,

dh and I both get paid at end of month - 26th and 28th, so we have about 21 days until we get some more money.

dh has been a bit stressy over the weekend. We have spent a lot of money of the garden ( new fences etc) and we have had to use some of our wages.

All of our bills are paid for the month, however we will have to buy food and car fuel - we usually spend about £200 per month on petrol diesel.

Just checked our banks and between us we have £1550 to last until paydays. I think that this is fine but dh thinks that it's going to be tight???

Yes that’s what I mean - it’s a total non problem rationally, but for some reason, I get an irrational reaction and worry.

Obviously it’s a massively privileged position to be in and I’m often on the receiving end of being told it’s ridiculous from my own husband when I say that we ‘can’t afford’ a new car or a holiday/more mortgage etc’. I suppose what I mean when I say that is ‘this amount of money as back up makes me feel safe, and chipping away at it or seeing us start the month with less than that makes me feel unsafe. This is in no way at all comparable to those who are genuinely struggling with CoL or other issues and outside of the bubble in my own home (with the exception of this thread), I wouldn’t voice those concerns out loud because it’s not not an actual life problem. But I will be honest with him and say how I feel when it comes to making spending decisions each month.

OPs husband doesn’t need to worry and OP is correct. I suspect that OPs husbands concern things ‘might be tight’ is really just means ‘might have to think a bit more carefully about how much recreational spending we do this month’.

I think this is atypo, if £200 normally suffices then week they be OK on £150.