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DH massively wasting money

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orangejoose · 13/03/2024 17:27

Hi,

I am trying to curb DH's spending habits. Having been through our accounts I can see that he is spending about £300 of his disposable income on non-essentials. I think that this is outrageous.

We are supposed to be paying off a credit card and a loan to his parents for our house renovations ( 20K in total) and this money should be going towards that.

He only uses a debit card so he's not accruing debt, but this money could be used so much ore wisely.

AIBU

OP posts:

marmaladeandpeanutbutter · 14/03/2024 16:18

Split money. Easy.

Heatherbell1978 · 14/03/2024 22:12

orangejoose · 14/03/2024 11:26

All of the bills are paid before this expenditure so it's not impacting us in that way, however it's money that could be used to pay off debt more quickly or to save. £1200 per month seems such a lot to basically spend on day to day stuff.

So set up a standing order and put money into a joint savings account on pay day. Then there will be less money in the account for him to spend. Sounds like he spends as because he assumes it's just there for spending.

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