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11-10-2009, 01:16 PM #1Registered User
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My husband who doesn't grocery shop
Thinks I spend too much on groceries...
Wait fot it....
50 dollars a week! For 2 adults and a child... I use it solely for dinners AND house supplies if I have to. Forget about lunch or breakfast!(my son's breakfast and lunch are prepayed for at school. I eat leftovers (which is fine), but he doesn't have a clue! He gets on my last nerve! It's not like I am gambling our money, or shopping for clothes! I could tear his little head off! What a turd!!!
I make almost everything from scratch and I make the same stuff alot.
***Rant over***
So am I spending too much money a week? Frankly I don't know what else I could cut!
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11-10-2009, 01:20 PM #2Rude and Vile Master
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Tell him if he thinks you spend too much, he should come with you to the store this week and figure out where to make cuts, and if he can't, STFU.
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11-10-2009, 01:21 PM #3Registered User
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I don't know how you are managing on $50 a week!!! You deserve a medal. Maybe you could let dh shop on $50 /week for a couple of weeks and let him see..... Just be sure you have your stockpile in case he doesnt shop well.
You could show him your menu and store receipts.... I did this w/my hubby for awhile.
Sit down w/him , your menu and the shopping ads.
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I bet if you sent him to the store with $50 for a week's worth of groceries he would come back with a few snacks. THEN I would make him eat JUST whatever he bought for the next week.
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I think a trip to the grocery store for your DH is in order.
It would probably be a real eye-opener for him!! You are doing a GREAT job.
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11-10-2009, 01:40 PM #6Registered User
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You can also show him all the threads here on how much people spend at the grocery store.
It sounds like you are doing a great job. Yea, a trip to the grocery store to see non sale prices can be an eye opener.
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I thing $50 is an amazing amount personally. I'd send him to shop!
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11-10-2009, 02:03 PM #8Registered User
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Um.... I have 100.00 a week and that's hard to do sometimes.
If your husband thinks your spending too much on food I would hate to think what he thinks is reasonable.
It's time for him to do some shopping.
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Your title says it all.. "he doesn't grocery shop" So how could he know?
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You can offer to let him take over the shopping and the cooking. That ends so many disagreements over here.
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We sometimes for our date night go grocery shopping and even my DH noticed the rising prices. I say take him shopping just once and it will stop all the complaining.
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Since i have a stock pile i have tryed cut back to $25. a week that just one and i usually go over.For 3 people you are doing very well.
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hand the job over to him since he thinks he can do better. BEt that would shut him up. Has he seen reciepts? HAs he eaten the benefit of your shopping? I'd get his butt in the store to do it cheaper himself...knowing full well, he can't. Is he comparing to someone else? if so send him shopping with them!
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Mine did that once. So, I made him go to the store with me. Now, he thinks that I do really well. LOL
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Every so often I will send my DH to the store with a simple grocery list. He will come home with a glazed look on his face.
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