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What is this called?

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NK1cf53daaX127805d4fd5 · 09/01/2018 08:57

Had a disagreement with my DH at the train station this morning because he won't sort out his phone contract (paying £60 extra per month) and his train ticket (paying £40 when work should cover it).

He said I was picking at him but I pointed out the phone thing is going on for 13 months and train thing 5 months so we are losing out on £100 a month unnecessarily.

When we got on the train I started looking at my phone and clearly indicated that I didn't want to chat. He kept asking me ridiculous questions and muttering under his breath so I'd be forced to answer. There was a couple across from us and the atmosphere was so awkward but he kept asking stupid things so I'd have to answer. This went on for 30 minutes until my stop.

What is this called, what he just did. I'm so sick of him. I have a sick feeling in my stomach now.

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cordeliavorkosigan · 09/01/2018 11:54

Stop the payments from your account to his phone! Job done - he will have to sort it or he won't have what he wants on his phone.
Definitely have separate finances. Doesn't sound like he's going to change. It's hard when someone won't respond to all the reasonable things (like rational conversation, pointing out that it's 100/month etc). what can you do? try unreasonable things, leave ..

lottiegarbanzo · 09/01/2018 12:06

Why? Because he wanted to demonstrate to the listening public that you're crazy, of course. Surely that's obvious?

lottiegarbanzo · 09/01/2018 12:09

And yes, separate finances would be one way to resolve this. You both pay a fixed amount by standing order into a joint account for shared bills, groceries etc then manage your own money for everything else, separately. Then if he pays too much for transport and phones, he doesn't have as much left for his hobbies and social life as he would have done.

NK1cf53daaX127805d4fd5 · 09/01/2018 14:07

I've just applied to change ownership of the phone from me to him. There are bigger issues at large here but I just snapped this morning.

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BackInTheRoom · 09/01/2018 19:34

Manchild.

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