Quote From: jmc102398If jJel is spending 34 cents per diaper, he is overspending. I use the White Cloud brand available at Walmart and am spending less than 19 cents per diaper(my son wears size 5 ,they were even cheaper when he was smaller). I also tape the diaper tabs when they rip!
I am the cheapskate in my family, though my husband admits we wouldn't have the things we have if I were a spendthrift. I am a stay at home mom and we survive on about $25k per year and my husband is a seasonal worker. We don't own new cars, we have a '93 Blazer and a '96 Buick, both in good shape, we bought a house last year, we found one for under $50,000 which in our area is a rare find, particularly since its not a mobile home. We only purchase name brand items if we have a coupon making them cheaper than the generic.
We do celebrate birthdays, anniversaries, and holidays. I shop surplus and salvage stores when possible, rush to the clearance rack at Walmart-clearance is my second favorite word, free is the first. I purchase items off the clearance shelves year round to have for birthdays and Christmas.
I seldom buy clothing for myself, usually it is out of absolute necessity. Until my mother passed away I didn't have to buy my own underwear and socks, she bought them for me because she knew I hated to spend the money on clothing that no one can see!
We're not wealthy by any means, but we are happy and healthy, we enjoy occasional nights out-an all you can eat buffet(on the right nights it is only $5.99 and lunch is as low as $3.99) and we go to the second run movie theater-$2.50 per person, a dollar each on Tuesdays. It is possible to be cheap and still enjoy life!
I was watching the show closely, and the husband admitted, he did more than they were dating than he has done since marriage.
She confessed she knew he was cheap, but add it all up, and maybe she was accepting of the way things were before marriage, when he did do more, and perhaps she had no idea, that they would come to this.
Give the woman a break, she came for help to fix it, not for judgement or critiscim, she is trying to laugh about it, and at the same time, understand her importance in his mind and heart.
She is his wife, and she should be aware of how things stand
