She Wants To Tell Her Husband That He Can Wait to Get His Motorcycle Repaired Because She’s Sick Of Footing The Bill For All His Toys
This 29-year-old woman and her husband, 27, both have jobs that pay enough for them to afford to keep up with their monthly expenses.
She earns roughly $15,000 a year more than her husband, and because of her credit, all of their bills are listed under her name.
A year ago, the engine on her vehicle blew out, and because of the time it would take for it to be repaired and a few other factors, she opted instead to get a loan for a new engine.
Besides this, all of their other monthly expenses recently equate to roughly $2,300 in total.
Her husband puts $1,500 in her account each month after he gets his paycheck.
“I pay the rest while also paying my car payment, my insurance, the shared phone bill, the daycare costs, and typically footing the bill for things like parts for the four-wheeler, parts for his vehicle, groceries, clothes for our kid, and vacations,” she said.
In addition to all of that, she is also the one who pays for anything else that comes up aside from expected bills.
Yesterday, her husband informed her that he would unfortunately be unable to deposit the $1,500 into her account this pay period because his motorcycle is currently being repaired.
He told her that he planned to deposit to her whatever money would be left over after he received the final invoice for the repairs, and he’s hoping that he’ll be able to give her about $500.
Vasyl – stock.adobe.com – illustrative purposes only, not the actual person
“I’m upset about this because I offered to help him make payments on it over time, but he insists he wants it NOW, which I don’t even understand because it’s cold outside, and it will sit for at least six months anyway, and I already pay for all of his other things to be repaired, so why should I have to let our necessary bills go unpaid just so he can have his toy back?” she explained.
Last year, when the engine blew out on her vehicle, her husband didn’t contribute any money whatsoever to help her pay back the loan she took out for the new engine. It took her 10 months to pay the loan off in full.
Now, she doesn’t have enough money to pay all of their bills because, not long ago, she was the one who paid for her husband to go on a four-day trip four-wheeling with some of his friends. Also, she paid off her husband’s four-wheeler because he wasn’t making payments on it, and it was sent to collections.
“He sprung this on me three days ago, and all of our household bills are due this week (as well as my car payment),” she shared.
While she doesn’t want her husband to never have the opportunity to get his motorcycle back from the repair shop, she wants him to simply make regular payments on it instead of paying it all off in full.
Her husband has taken his motorcycle to a different mechanic in the past to fix the exact same problem that it’s in the repair shop for currently, and the final estimate was $2,500 every time he’s had to have the issue fixed.
Understandably, she’s tired of being the only one in their marriage who seems to prioritize making sure their most important bills are paid off before focusing on anything else.
Plus, she doesn’t want to have to keep helping him out of the sticky financial situations he constantly finds himself in due to his poor choices. Now, she’s considering standing her ground and not allowing her husband to pay the entire invoice to get his motorcycle out of the repair shop.
What would you do if you were in her shoes?
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