Money woes

So many comments, so I'm not alone thinking they are mad to live like this. This is the wife who throws herself on the floor and screams if she doesn't get her own way, so I can see why he gives in, but I can't understand why he stays with her as there are no children involved.

Linda said
I've worked with people like that..they are completely clueless and will accept no counseling....boggles the mind how they can be so stupid. The poor husband is worried sick but cannot say no to her for fear of her tantrums.

Just Jill said...

I am beyond belief. They are skint, in debt and she needs another handbag costing £25. She must be leading him by the nose, or other bit of anatomy, down the path of doom.

It must be by the nose as there is very little carrot in the relationship, just a lot of stick.

Weaver said

I really think there should be compulsory lessons on financial management taught in schools because with parents like this children don't stand a chance do they?

Unfortunately I don't think either of them would have benefitted from lessons.

Joan said...

And how will they pay for next Christmas I wonder. When the husband started working with CHS he was £5000 in debt, he's now £20000 in debt.

Margie said

You couldn't make it up - could you!
I swear - cell phones should be banned in he workplace - Not only are people not doing a fair day's work but they are putting people like your hubby in danger! I don't know how he didn't rip the phone out of his hand and toss it when he caught up with him! I was surprised by his restraint too.

 Chris Elliott said...

That is so funny..... not your hubby being left up the ladder.....just the whole description oh his work mate's financial woes, all self-inflicted! It's just unbelievable isn't it.

 Icey said...

Aren't most kitchen appliances white? How do they not match?
My mind is officially boggled!!!
Our oven bulb unit (the whole unit not just the bulb) died months ago, we spent many months with a dark oven until I had the spare cash and remember to order the unit. Total cost £36 and half hour of our time to watch a YouTube film and to take out the oven and replace the bulb unit ourselves - now we can see what we're cooking. Such a novelty :)
I just don't understand people like the couple described in your post! The new appliance was silver the old ones were white, hence the change. I have to use a torch to see what is in the kitchen cupboards on the boat, I'm not changing the cupboards, I just keep a torch to hand.

Galant said...

This scenario beggars belief, Hester, doesn't it? We have three different appliances in the kitchen, oven, dishwasher, washing machine, none of them matching exactly but all doing brilliant jobs. Why are people obsessed with things 'matching'? This couple needs a reality check and if they can't pay their way, then the bailiffs will be calling. And to put your husband in danger for a handbag is ludicrous, no wonder he was in a rage! Yes, time financial management was taught in schools. Forget Archimedes and Pythagoras and all that, just teach the young how to balance the books instead, and I don't mean physically on their heads. Well said Margaret P

kathy said...

You just couldn't make it up could you. My l late husband used to work with somebody who was forever being rung up by his wife. They were having an argument and his lack of concentration led to my husband nearly losing his finger! He had to have emergency surgery and 10 weeks off work. No wonder your hubby was very angry. It is so dangerous, but some people just have no clue.

Cumbrian said...

Never ceases to amaze.
don't understand how some people can be so absolutely clueless. Unfortunately stupidity isn't curable

Winters End Rambler said...

My mouth is open...that's just stupidity in its wildest form. I agree with you.

There is a couple who live on a nearby boat, they don't have solar panels so cannot leave the marina. They need to be on shore power constantly. They were saying how lucky we were to be able to afford solar panels. But they go to the local supermarket and spent £30 to £70 a DAY, buying food. They then throw most of it away as they don't have a fridge or freezer to keep it in. Well they actually have a fridge freezer slightly bigger than mine but 'it's not big enough to use'. They cannot grasp that we budgeted and saved for the panels, just as we have for the replacement engine. We live on as little as possible and save as much as possible. My shopping bill comes to between £30 & £70 per week depending on what I have run out of.
We spent less on Christmas than either of these couples despite buying for 9 grandchildren.
Maybe we are just tight-fisted and mean.
It seems this level of stupidity is everywhere!