Who is most likely to overspend in your house?

[Anonymous]

DH in my house. When I was a kid, my father was the spender in the family too.

I try not to let it bother me too much but why do some people have so much trouble with this?

[Anonymous]

Neither of us - we have an agreement that we can spend up to $200 on whatever, anything over that and we check in with each other.

[Anonymous]

Neither of us. I am more likely to want to overspend but less likely to actually do it (I have champagne tastes). DH is more likely to spend on things he wants but he just never wants anything very expensive except occasionally when buying beer or specialty cooking ingredients, but neither of those things are expensive enough to break our budget.

[Anonymous]

We do that too, but I mean on shared categories in the budget. Not separate spending categories.

[Anonymous]

No one.

My husband is an extreme cheapskate, and the kids and I are frugal. He sometimes accuses me of overspending, but the reality is that none of us are spendy people.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:No one.

My husband is an extreme cheapskate, and the kids and I are frugal. He sometimes accuses me of overspending, but the reality is that none of us are spendy people.

Are you me? My husband legitimately does not spend money on anything but food and sometimes books. I occasionally talk him into new clothes.

I’m not particularly spendy either.