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[quote=Anonymous]If he loves his Starbucks treat, see if you can help replicate that at home.  I bought a used espresso machine from Craigslist and now make my morning latte instead of buying it.  My husband likes chai and started buying the cartons from the store which he heats at home (lately we've even been making his chai concentrate from scratch at home, and it's really delicious!)

The point is not to necessarily do without something, but to figure out how to have it in your life in a sustainable way.  Letting him see the numbers is probably going to be very helpful.  Also, having a frank conversation explaining how debt makes you feel, should hopefully make for some changes.  If I told my husband something was stressing me out and there was something he could do to help reduce that, he'd for sure start helping.  Then try to come up with a game plan yourselves (save this much extra the first month, go to starbucks only on Tues and Fri,  Start bringing a sandwich 3 days a week, etc)[/quote]

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