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<blockquote data-quote="Copabanana" data-source="post: 707314" data-attributes="member: 18958"><p>I sound like your husband Susie, except I do not buy junk food. But I feel like I shop all the time. I would say food shopping, though, really, is once a week. But I shop at 3 or 4 markets mainly. A year ago I bought a freezer with the idea of economizing. It has just made the whole thing worse. Because I heap on. Stuff gets old.</p><p></p><p>M does not like leftovers, but will eat side dishes for a second day. Most of the time I can give the leftovers to the dogs but not always. And I do end up throwing out some food, which I hate to do both on economic and moral grounds.</p><p></p><p>All of my spending is unconscious and uncontrolled. I do no meal planning, and seldom make lists. I do not know how it got to this point. I would really like to be accountable, conscious and to feel in control. But there are so many aspects of my life that have gotten to this point, it is hard to know where to start.</p><p></p><p>I think what I would like to do is to clean out the freezer little by little by stopping the buying of things that would go into the freezer, and little by little using or throwing out what is there.</p><p></p><p>I think I have entirely too much foodstuffs. I was never hungry as a child. Nor was I poor as a child. I did struggle as an adult, during a long period. </p><p></p><p>But somehow I got a poverty mindset where I associated stuff with well-being. Maybe that is what your husband feels. And perhaps, it is the idea of indulging himself. I mean, he works so hard. The sense that he deserves to treat himself. He does. Maybe there is the possibility of helping him to identify other treats and indulgences that may not be self-defeating and destructive to the budget.</p><p></p><p>I think we as a culture are trained to think of acquisition and consumption as rewards, when they really are not. </p><p></p><p>I am writing this to myself. I am the WORST at this.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Copabanana, post: 707314, member: 18958"] I sound like your husband Susie, except I do not buy junk food. But I feel like I shop all the time. I would say food shopping, though, really, is once a week. But I shop at 3 or 4 markets mainly. A year ago I bought a freezer with the idea of economizing. It has just made the whole thing worse. Because I heap on. Stuff gets old. M does not like leftovers, but will eat side dishes for a second day. Most of the time I can give the leftovers to the dogs but not always. And I do end up throwing out some food, which I hate to do both on economic and moral grounds. All of my spending is unconscious and uncontrolled. I do no meal planning, and seldom make lists. I do not know how it got to this point. I would really like to be accountable, conscious and to feel in control. But there are so many aspects of my life that have gotten to this point, it is hard to know where to start. I think what I would like to do is to clean out the freezer little by little by stopping the buying of things that would go into the freezer, and little by little using or throwing out what is there. I think I have entirely too much foodstuffs. I was never hungry as a child. Nor was I poor as a child. I did struggle as an adult, during a long period. But somehow I got a poverty mindset where I associated stuff with well-being. Maybe that is what your husband feels. And perhaps, it is the idea of indulging himself. I mean, he works so hard. The sense that he deserves to treat himself. He does. Maybe there is the possibility of helping him to identify other treats and indulgences that may not be self-defeating and destructive to the budget. I think we as a culture are trained to think of acquisition and consumption as rewards, when they really are not. I am writing this to myself. I am the WORST at this. [/QUOTE]
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