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Ok... I love my husband. He's my best friend. High school sweetheart. Love of my life. BUT... he's one of the least frugal people I know, even though his mom is the Queen of Q-poning. I'm a very frugal person, even though my mom doesn't have a cheap bone in her body!
We're trying to pay off our debt so we can save money for a down payment and move. We've been living in our current (and first) home since 2005 and really need a new place. This is entirely too small for us! I've been couponing like crazy, watering down dish soap and laundry detergent, shutting off every light and unplugging appliances, being a major DIY-er, etc. He finally, and begrudgingly, started freezing his meat so it didn't go bad every week. Also, MY IDEA and MY DOING, we got rid of our premier tv package with all the movie channels. He's none too happy about it... but it was costing upwards of $200/month!!! We have probably 100+ movies in our collection AND Netflix! He hates his car (2005 Jeep Grand Cherokee Laredo), but it is in excellent shape and will be paid off in November. Finally, he stopped looking at cars online. But, he still wants to go out every weekend and spend $$ we don't have.
He's not down with my couponing craze, even though this past weekend, we saved $98, and tonight we saved $17. I try to tell him that these little things add up and will help us pay off bills and let us move quicker, which he also desperately wants.
I just don't know how to get him on board here. I'm trying to show him how much we're saving with these seemingly meaningless changes, but he doesn't seem to care much. I know it's because his mom has been a coupon nut all his life and he's tired of it.
Any ideas? Advice? Suggestions?
We're trying to pay off our debt so we can save money for a down payment and move. We've been living in our current (and first) home since 2005 and really need a new place. This is entirely too small for us! I've been couponing like crazy, watering down dish soap and laundry detergent, shutting off every light and unplugging appliances, being a major DIY-er, etc. He finally, and begrudgingly, started freezing his meat so it didn't go bad every week. Also, MY IDEA and MY DOING, we got rid of our premier tv package with all the movie channels. He's none too happy about it... but it was costing upwards of $200/month!!! We have probably 100+ movies in our collection AND Netflix! He hates his car (2005 Jeep Grand Cherokee Laredo), but it is in excellent shape and will be paid off in November. Finally, he stopped looking at cars online. But, he still wants to go out every weekend and spend $$ we don't have.
He's not down with my couponing craze, even though this past weekend, we saved $98, and tonight we saved $17. I try to tell him that these little things add up and will help us pay off bills and let us move quicker, which he also desperately wants.
I just don't know how to get him on board here. I'm trying to show him how much we're saving with these seemingly meaningless changes, but he doesn't seem to care much. I know it's because his mom has been a coupon nut all his life and he's tired of it.
Any ideas? Advice? Suggestions?