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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OMG. This scenario would drive me crazy. No specific advice but just wanted to say I hope you figure out a plan to deal with this and that your husband gets a job soon.

One thing I would focus on is your son. You can control that more easily. [b]Where is he getting the money for all this?[/b] My sons could not spend like this because they don't have access to our credit cards. You need to cut off access to the son's spending money and put him on a tighter budget.[/quote]

He’s mostly getting it from DH! Who then turns around and asks me to reimburse him. So frustrating. I feel like dh normalizes this sort of spending and then dc and dh joke that I’m cheap when I object. It’s their little inside joke.

Dh and I keep separate bank accounts. Yes I know people think this is weird, but that’s the way we’ve always done it. And right now, I’m very happy about that.

And I have another dc who is away at college who is like me. He doesn’t like to spend on non essentials either - one thing I remember clearly was talking to him as he walked past a Starbucks freshmen year, saying it was too pricey for him - and thinks before he spends money.  We are the frugal ones. Dh and other dc spend on crap [/quote]

We have separate finances as well.  Married 24 years and it works beautifully for us[/quote]

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