I told my wife that we are backsliding in our financial position and that the stress was killing me. I told her that we needed to implement some serious austerity measures to get back on track. I told her that she could spend some money each month, but that she needed to rein it in.

Well the results from day 1 (1 May 2025) are in:

She spent $106.24 in 4 transactions. $38.70 (36.43%) was on crap for our son (uniform for swim team) and a snack. $67.54 (63.57%) at the premium grocer with the premium prices buying God knows what.

Daily spending of $106.24 per day would only be discretionary spend of $3,293.44 for the month of May, which is admittedly quite alright and not a big deal, but it also means that I cannot afford to buy anything myself, which is only fair; it's not like I bring home 90% of the bacon or anything.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5719530&forum_id=2#48898448)

So yeah, situation is actually 20% WORSE than I initially thought.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5719530&forum_id=2#48898531)

But yeah. Your wife sounds like a disaster financially. You should take all cards away and put her on the cash envelope system. Be aware she may try to mischaracterize this as abuse, but fuck her and her spending

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5719530&forum_id=2#48898954)

- this is not my problem and you made a grave category error when you presumed to treat me like some "partner" who should shoulder responsiblity. I will now spend MOAR until or unless you institute the appropriate hierarchy, which I dont only need but crave

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5719530&forum_id=2#48898500)

Current Weight: 356

Target Weight: 178

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5719530&forum_id=2#48898737)

I just want to explode and say stop buying stupid shit but I’m a huge pussy so I don’t

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5719530&forum_id=2#48898785)

Wife does her own searching and finds $200 push cart with a few more features, but most importantly, is in the team colors, shows it to kid, and of course now we have to get that one.

It’s just shit like this all the time.

OK, wife ranting over! Full disclaimer despite that their spendthrift ways women are 180

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5719530&forum_id=2#48898812)

This is not sustainable. Life is sprinting on a treadmill with an evil demon constantly increasing the speed and a wall of razor sharp spears just behind you.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5719530&forum_id=2#48898833)

1 package of 8 thumanns hot dogs

hamburger buns

hot dog buns

Package of american cheese slices

bottle of ketchup

bottle of mustard

large jug of fruit punch

2 bags of prepackaged caesar salad mix

king size reese's peanut butter cups as a snack for the ride home

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5719530&forum_id=2#48898921)

Is it really that retarded to make a hamburger dinner for a family? Or is it just that I went to the premium grocer to buy the ingredients?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5719530&forum_id=2#48899013)

STORE - $1.89

Category - Food & Drink

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5719530&forum_id=2#48898999)

This has been an ongoing thing with her. In the past she has taken the view that all drainage is my problem because her house is graded ever so slightly higher. She’s also lied to me about the drains that run from where her roof water collects to our common boundary. She actually took the position that there were none and I had no idea until I saw her actually messing with one during a thunderstorm. Last year I paid over $4000 to have a new drain dug. It was over 100 feet long and like 4 feet deep at the end. We just had our fence replaced too, and went half and half on that, but what do you know she places a drain line on her drain and directed it back toward the rear of the property where the problem is, instead of toward the drains and the street. I don’t know why she thinks burying a drain line in the ground directing storm water from her roof onto my property is a good idea, but she did it without asking and so I was digging around to figure out what to do with it.

I saw her come home and then called her over to talk about and she flips out on me about digging in her yard.

People are so fucking weird. She appears to seem adamant about exacerbating the drainage issue between our two houses and she seems livid if she perceives that I’m on her side of the line poking around, when she hires people to basically create problems. I’m sure it’s because she paid money for landscapers who fucked things up that makes her so angry, but I feel incredibly slighted because she has no appreciation for how much damage unpremeditated drain problems can be.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5719530&forum_id=2#48900143)