She Sold Her Old Car To Pay Off Some Of Her Husband’s Debt And Finally Saved Up Enough Money To Buy A New One, But Now Her Husband’s Angry That She Isn’t Using Her Savings To Pay More Of His Bills
This 27-year-old woman has always been great at saving money since she loves to be able to pay for purchases in cash whenever she can.
On the other hand, her husband, who is 30, is more of an impulsive spender at heart. He also has a bit more debt than she does.
So, after she recently brought up the idea of finally buying herself a car, her husband was not very happy.
For context, she actually sold her old car a few years ago just to help her husband pay off some of his student loan debt.
“And I totally didn’t mind since, at the time, we didn’t need two cars,” she recalled.
That’s why she took the hit for her husband and has been saving up for a new vehicle ever since. She has finally gathered enough in her savings account, too, that would allow her to purchase her own car in cash.
Now, the vehicle is a bit older, but she doesn’t even care.
“It’ll be something that is my own and where we won’t have to share the one car anymore and have to juggle our schedules anymore,” she explained.
When she finally filled her husband in on her plan, though, he immediately became upset. Her husband claimed not to realize that she had been “hiding” money from him.
Andrii Iemelianenko – stock.adobe.com- illustrative purposes only, not the actual person
Plus, her husband believes that she should be using her savings to pay off his debt and pay for some of his schooling instead of buying the car!
She doesn’t think this is fair for a variety of reasons. First of all, she already works longer hours than her husband. In fact, she actually works a second job, too, just to pay for their bills and help contribute to their household more while her husband is still in school.
On top of that, she really wants to just do something for herself for once.
“And to have something that I like since he often reminds me that I drive his car and won’t let me move things around,” she added.
She would be able to afford the gas and insurance for her new car by herself, too.
Yet, with her husband still upset with her, she’s now not sure whether wanting to use her savings to buy a car instead of paying for her husband’s bills is actually selfish or not.
Didn’t she already sell her car to help her husband out financially once? Should she be expected to never save money for her own purchases? What would you do if you were in her shoes?
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