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<blockquote data-quote="Hound dog" data-source="post: 262537" data-attributes="member: 84"><p>DaisyF</p><p> </p><p>Your husband is obviously a list maker. (used to be one myself) His problem isn't the list of things he wants/needs but the fact that he is putting off paying for important things in order to acheive each item on his list. My sister in law is also a list maker. BUT he puts aside spare change ect in order to make the things on his list come to fruit.....or easy child will put back money over a period of time and make one of them a gift.</p><p> </p><p>Since money is so very tight, have you contacted the hospital to see which bills from them can be consoladated and if the monthly payments can be lowered to where you can afford them more easily? You can do the same with deductables for docs and test ect too. It helps tons.</p><p> </p><p>Repairing the car can be important.....if it truly needs it to continue to run properly. Otherwise, it should have been put off and something else paid for (that was more important) in it's place.</p><p> </p><p>easy child is lucky in the fact that her husband will work an extra job if he needs/wants something on his list bad enough.....or he will trade/sell something he already has in order to buy it. He fixes up old motorcycles and cars and resells them for profit when he has the time. Gives him something to do and helps him gain that extra money for his list. They were just discussing this the other day. He's about to sell the rebuilt motorcycle in order to buy something else big......but he has to wait until the loan for the rebuilt motorcycle is paid off so it doesn't cause them to lose money.</p><p> </p><p>Having a list isn't a bad thing. But getting things on your list when the family is hurting is both unfair and selfish. (not to mention a tad immature) For both me and sister in law.....most of the fun is finding ways to make it happen as much as actually getting something.</p><p> </p><p>Don't know if this helped or not. I hope you two can reach a compromise the way easy child and sister in law did.</p><p> </p><p>Hugs</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Hound dog, post: 262537, member: 84"] DaisyF Your husband is obviously a list maker. (used to be one myself) His problem isn't the list of things he wants/needs but the fact that he is putting off paying for important things in order to acheive each item on his list. My sister in law is also a list maker. BUT he puts aside spare change ect in order to make the things on his list come to fruit.....or easy child will put back money over a period of time and make one of them a gift. Since money is so very tight, have you contacted the hospital to see which bills from them can be consoladated and if the monthly payments can be lowered to where you can afford them more easily? You can do the same with deductables for docs and test ect too. It helps tons. Repairing the car can be important.....if it truly needs it to continue to run properly. Otherwise, it should have been put off and something else paid for (that was more important) in it's place. easy child is lucky in the fact that her husband will work an extra job if he needs/wants something on his list bad enough.....or he will trade/sell something he already has in order to buy it. He fixes up old motorcycles and cars and resells them for profit when he has the time. Gives him something to do and helps him gain that extra money for his list. They were just discussing this the other day. He's about to sell the rebuilt motorcycle in order to buy something else big......but he has to wait until the loan for the rebuilt motorcycle is paid off so it doesn't cause them to lose money. Having a list isn't a bad thing. But getting things on your list when the family is hurting is both unfair and selfish. (not to mention a tad immature) For both me and sister in law.....most of the fun is finding ways to make it happen as much as actually getting something. Don't know if this helped or not. I hope you two can reach a compromise the way easy child and sister in law did. Hugs [/QUOTE]
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