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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Aren't you accompanying her to the nights out and dinner?
How you gonna blame her?[/quote]

A lot of the dining out is dinner from whole foods because we didn't cook. And that gets expensive quick. We eat at WF approximately 3--4 nights a week. [/quote]

Then one or both of you need to learn how to cook. Seriously. It's not HARD or time consuming to throw together dinner and not spend a zillion dollars at WF.

For example, I went to WF the other night to get stuff for dinner. Spent $15 on pre-cut veggies and tofu for a stir fry. Went home. Threw that stuff in the wok. Put on some sauce and spices. Dinner was ready in 10 minutes. It honestly took longer to wait in line to pay for stuff at WF than it did to cook.[/quote]

While WF does have some good products, you don't need to buy the pre-made stuff there.  is it even all organic?  probably not.  why not go w/ her to trader joe's or costco even (just had a huge party and bought salmon and fettucine alfredo which you just pop in the oven).  pick up a bag of pre-washed lettuce, etc. and voila, dinner.  Much cheaper than WFs.  If she's staying at home she can definitely pick up these things when Costco is less crowded.  I'm on my maternity leave now (we have 2 under age 3) and it's been easier for me to pop into these places before DH gets home.  Once I return to work, i will probably do TJ (open til 10 pm in clarendon) runs after kids go down by 8.

I understand where your wife is coming from b/c my DH is nervous about our escalating costs (eg., nanny for 2, part-time preschool, eating out, etc.).  I usually get upset when he broaches it (he grew up extremely frugal.  no one ever shopped in his family for anything that was unnecessary), but that is also why I would never quit my job.  I make a very good salary (even more than him) and am just nervous in case something ever happened to him (even if we love each other and no one ever in unfaithful, etc.) you just never know what can happen in life.[/quote]

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