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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Take all of this with a grain of salt as we are DINKS. We have just started tracking very carefully, HHI of 280. 
What your wife has here is a representative of what I cut back to after thinking that it was too much going out the door. 
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Yeah about the same here - we're DINKs with a HHI of about $270 and I would say my (wife) spending is about in line with your wife's. Little differences here and there - I don't get massages and don't belong to a gym; I spend a bit more on clothes. But about the same.

But, we don't have kids. On the other hand, our income is probably as high as it's ever going to be so we're not looking at doubling things in a few years when one of us leans back in.

Just to say: def doesn't seem like the most budget conscious spending you could fathom. Does not seem crazily out of control, either.

How is your wife feeling about trying to cut back?

However this goes, I would suggest not saying to her that you think she is spending too much because look how little you spend on nails, skin, or hair, or anything like that. Women - many women, anyway - care more about our appearances than men do. And our stuff just costs more. AND aging hits us differently, looks-wise. If my husband, who washes his face with shampoo, gave me a hard time about my skincare products we'd have one roiling argument that I don't think anyone would enjoy. Anyway, that's just a little marital tip there.[/quote]

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