Do you guys hide the true cost of purchases from your better halves?

[Danny72]

Do you guys hide the true cost of purchases from your better halves? [Rhetorical question]

No need man, gotta get to the understanding that you work to achieve the things you want. Create a side hustle to get there and just make sure to get her something nice here and there for no reason.

[Axel]

A Man’s Wife Made Him Sell His PS5 After He Tried To Claim It Was Actually An Air Purifier

https://brobible.com/culture/article/man-sells-ps5-air-purifier-lie/?utm=newsbreak

You gotta award points for creativity

[Chuck E Ducky]

A+ for effort...

[boarder2k7]

A Man’s Wife Made Him Sell His PS5 After He Tried To Claim It Was Actually An Air Purifier

https://brobible.com/culture/article/man-sells-ps5-air-purifier-lie/?utm=newsbreak

[vijil]

As someone said, we have joint accounts for all the house/everyday/grocery stuff, and personal spending accounts with a set amount going in, the same each. I'm the only earner as my wife is a stay at home mum, and it's more than a full time job with three under five.

That said I haven't played for years. I did somehow manage to spend about $500 on disc golf last year though.

[the_matrix_guy]

Lol. That's hilarious

[Tarsun2]

lmao

but to be honest, my paintball addiction, while excessive in amount, is minimal financially. Were talking project spyders here. so $50 and less.
bigger purchases $200 - $500 range, we have to sit down and discuss.
wife, 2 kids, house, and a single income makes it a little difficult at times. but we manage. haven't had to wear brown paper bags yet. lol

[JonM]

Purchases? What purchases? I'm not sure I know what you're talking about...

[Memornix]

This was going to be my answer along with "I already had that"

[Arthur]

Ex-wife was a total basket case, made purchasing anything difficult. Divorced her and now I buy whatever I want. New gf is really supportive, 2 years runnin.

[Law]

Clearly this thread is less entertaining because anonymous posts are gone.

To answer the question, I don’t hide it as her hobbies are much more expensive than mine. Instead I just feel guilty spending money on it for her.

[cockerpunk]

i dont hide anything. of course when you spend over a thousand bucks a weekend, and your still the guy in the paddock camping in a tent, with the cheapest car, truck and trailer for miles, she understands.

[glaman5266]

The only purchases I "hide" are ones made from my Paypal balance. When it shows up on the doorstep I just say I sold something to get the funds.
If I want something more expensive I usually start with a back rub, maybe the feet... "Hey, honey, what can I do to make a purchase?"

[homerj]

We have separate accounts. We split the bills evenly & are free to do whatever we want after that. I don’t ask what she spends her mad money on & she doesn’t ask me. This works much better than when we had a joint account because back then at the very least i had to tell her when i was buying something so she could keep up with it. I never hid anything from her but it always felt like i was asking permission.

[Jello78]

Nah. I keep a spreadsheet and everything. Have for years. Open book.

what does your spreadsheet look like? i may be interested in doing this myself. do you mind sharing?

[maggot]

I recently complained to my wife after she purchased the whole suite of school photos from those ripoff school photo folks. I made the mistake of asking why we need those when we also go to a pro once a year and my wife has her own fleet of nice cameras.
Immediate backfire.
Wife: "I'd be glad to start digging into your purchases for their validity"
Me: "I'll shut up now"

[Cdn_Cuda]

Those schools photos are such a racket. It’s digital photography. Shouldn’t cost that much!

[maggot]

Completely. I get that there's labor involved in coming to the school, and that there's a few minutes of touch-up afterwards (they're probably just running a PS script I'd imagine). With that said, $5 to $15 per print is absolutely insane. They're printing money.