I spent ££ on you today...

[dextersgirl]

Why does my boyfriend always go on about the amount of money he spends on us? He tells me how much my birthday/christmas presents cost, tells me how much money he's taking out with him when he takes me out and after a day out will let me know how much he's spent . We dont live together and my 2 kids are not his and I do apretiate what he spends on us but I hate the way he goes on about it. Take last weekend for instance we took the kids to the cinema (I paid for everyone there) and he then took us for our dinner and bought the kids some sweets etc. When we got home he said "Ive spend £80+ today..." and then starts going on about how much my birthday present is costing...told me he's bidding on it on ebay, told me his maximum bid and then told me he'd won it for around £3 etc. That night we were going for a night out and he started going on about how much money he was taking with him etc.

Its doing my head in, if he doesnt want to spend he shouldnt do it, he's not going to make me feel guilty by going on about it constantly. Am I being harsh or missing something here?

my dp does the same for christmas birthdays mothers day even valentines its right i want £?? for this ive seen what i want to get you and its going to cost £?? but i think i might get you the better one for£?? and im like i just want to be spoilet on these days not told how much they are going to cost!!

Ime some people are just like this - they think that the amount of money they spend is in direct proportion to how much they care about you or how impressive they will appear to other people. Or maybe his family didn't have much money when he was growing up so he's become a bit obsessed by it?

I wouldn't like it personally, and if it were me would probably say something. Depends how strongly you feel though.