My husband thinks I’m a big miser, but he should be happy right? I don’t go about splashing his hard earned money. I try to buy at sales and look for good deals. Maybe it’s because I used to have a job and I know what it’s like to work hard to earn something. Nah, that’s not it, I’m just a big miser.
So the problem that arises is that if I ever do indulge myself, and buy something expensive I become the biggest pain in the neck. I go through these three stages.
Stage 1: Doubt. Did I really need to buy it? Should I have bought another style, another color?
Stage 2: Guilt. Why did I spend so much money on it when it doesn’t even look that good?
Stage 3: Self Assurance. Maybe it is pretty nice and really worth it.
Stage 1 and Stage 2 involves bothering my husband with questions, trying on the new merchandise and asking him hundred times how it looks. Of course when he answers without looking I have to ask him again.. and again till he says in exasperation “It looks fine!”
“Fine is not good enough for what I’ve spent on it” I answer.
“It looks good, OK?”
“You said fine to start with”.
So what I really need to do is break this habit of mine, skip Stage 1 and Stage 2 and land directly at Stage 3. I should learn to enjoy an expensive pair of shoes or a new piece of jewelry without feeling guilty. After all every woman deserves it once in a while doesn’t she? And I guess after having made that purchase, my husband just wants to be left alone.
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Yes! The first step to addressing an issue, is identifying it.
Do what you must do.
Most results are rewards of deliberate action and consistent practice.
Lovely post! 🙂
Thanks!
Husbands just don’t get it. I have to buy my husband clothes and hand them to him, or he would go around naked. Yes, just skip to three. (I get this though. I do it too.)
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