Anyone else having a hard time with the wife's spending habits?
I know every guy complains about this. And every person has their justification for what they spend their money on. But I'm struggling here.
It seems every time we get a check coming in, my wife can't wait to get out the door and spend it. Today she went to target for some little fireworks / smoke bombs for the kids, what should have been a $25.00 shopping trip and ended up spending $300.00.
We're in the midst of battling credit card debt, keeping up with the household bills, the ever increasing cost of groceries, etc... She quit her job 7 years ago when we had our first kid, making me the sole income, and as of lately, it's starting to feel relentless. Why bother trying to keep up? Why bother busting my balls at work every day? She's just going to make it disappear anyway. I try to be positive and push through and justify the purchases she makes, but is this what the rest of my life is going to be? Is she not fulfilled somewhere and copes by shopping? Part of me wants to have a nice sit down discussion and run numbers. Another part of me wants to tell her to stop spending all of my f*cking money on pointless home decor.
Anyone else in a similar spot? What did you do to get out of it?