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07.10.08, 19:47 PM Toddler
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I give up. DH and I went out for nice dinner tonight, I made a totally hopeful and well-meaning comment over dessert about how we could save the difference between our current rent and new mortgage to pay for preschool in fall 2009 and DH got hideous, so mean, how dare I suggest he siphon off x amount of his salary (I pay childcare and house bills, he pays rent/mortgage). It was awful and I felt so hopeless. Even after I asked him to please stop he kept on until I got teary in the restaurant. I feel so lost. [ Reply | Watch | Flag ]
Toddler 07.10.08, 07:47 PM Flag
 

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Yikes. This is why I don't think the "separate ot" method works. [ Reply | More ]
General Topics 07.10.08, 07:49 PM Flag
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what is separate ot? [ Reply | More ]
General Topics 07.10.08, 07:49 PM Flag
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Sorry, I meant "separate pot." I'm a "one pot" person and this is why. [ Reply | More ]
General Topics 07.10.08, 08:10 PM Flag
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I couldn't live with someone like that. [ Reply | More ]
General Topics 07.10.08, 07:49 PM Flag
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I know. tell me about it. It was so awful--he started in on how his family never talks about money, it's so vulgar, crass, as if I was asking for diamonds or something. [ Reply | More ]
General Topics 07.10.08, 07:50 PM Flag
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Couples therapy ASAP. [ Reply | More ]
General Topics 07.10.08, 07:57 PM Flag
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we just finished 6 mos... [ Reply | More ]
General Topics 07.10.08, 08:02 PM Flag
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Go back. Did you guys talk about money there? [ Reply | More ]
General Topics 07.10.08, 08:03 PM Flag
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no. we've never had a problem before. I honestly meant nothing by my comment. [ Reply | More ]
General Topics 07.10.08, 08:07 PM Flag
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I don't get it. Isn't all the same money? [ Reply | More ]
General Topics 07.10.08, 07:51 PM Flag
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yeah, that's what I thought. This came out of left field. We've never had money fights before. [ Reply | More ]
General Topics 07.10.08, 07:52 PM Flag
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You need to start thinking of the money as house money, not I do this and you do that [ Reply | More ]
General Topics 07.10.08, 07:57 PM Flag
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Clearly money is a hot button issue for him. Next time, save the money conversation for some other context. [ Reply | More ]
General Topics 07.10.08, 07:57 PM Flag
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