boring old fart

[sansouci]

my so-called "darling" husband is a tight-fisted boring old fart of a bean counter. I want to run far away from him. I can't believe that such an awful man could produce such wonderful children. i hate him! grrrrr.

No it bloody doesn't. God, I'd be livid!

if you can wake up in the middle of the night and put the duvet over his head leaving his body exposed - that should do it!

Sansouci - I really don't view that as particularly embarassing! I have to treat DH like this, if I don't he will overspend. Thats why he's not allowed a credit card..... or even a switchcard! I have to answer to the bank or credit card company if something is overdrawn NOT DH.... so I'm well within my rights to check how much he's taken out the cash machine for example. He has shown me before that he can't be trusted..... therefore he has to suffer the consequences!

I really think you have overreacted here and thrown a right tantrum!

You two sound like you need to talk to each other. If I was him i'd be rather annoyed to find out that you were discussing this with some random strangers on the internet instead of with him.
Then again I wouldn't be quite so tight, or max out credit cards.

can't you buy some from a shop instead of over the net?
mothercare have toasty fleecey sleepsuits that go up to about age 4!

I'd have been furious if xH had done this to me TBH. If it were me, I'd have preferred he had not handed the cc over at all than to give it then take it back, it's not about the cc or who's maxed out what or overspent in the past, it's an embarrassing display of power and control and complete lack of trust, IMO.

I had an apology from dh this morning. He said he was tired & wanted to "approve" the amount before he went to sleep. Fair enough, I guess.

Now have cc in front of me, ready to start again...

Just to say thank you for letting me throw my tantrum on line last night! You saved me from a massive row with dh, which would have no doubt woken the dc, causing stress & grief all round. Sometimes a girl just needs to get something off her chest, as it were!