WE have it tight here, which you would not think due to DH's income, but we are not the best money, well correct that DH is not and sometimes I just get sick of the "can't afford its". It is cheaper for me to leave his credit card maxed than to clear it, as it is cheaper to pay the interest than the whole card off. I can't budget the way I want. He wont have his pocket money in his account each fortnight, I have to keep it, as he will waste it. He refuses to look at the budget, but then argues with me when I say we can't afford it. We would be fine, but we have debt, it is the debt payments that hurt us. Also where we live costs, we need 2 cars, can't get ADSL so can't get cheap home phone and internet. Free to air TV is so non-existant out here, that we the only way we watch TV is with Austar. Past experience with DH has shown that without PayTV he will just spend $100's a month on DVD box sets or going to the movies ro more computer games. Austar works out cheaper. Seems stupid, but he has put us in the position of having to spend money to save money.

It sucks. I had more money when I was single and on the dole.