 Helping explaining to husband
Okay I've been couponing like 6 weeks and I've stockpiled a nice amount of stuff for pretty much free. But today finally DH saw our medicine cabinet and started having a huge fit. He flipped out and was really pissed. He said we don't need so much stuff. He doesn't care that it was free, he said there are two of us and we don't use stuff up like families.
Mind you I am not a huge fan of stockpiling, I've got like 5 bottles of body wash, 5 tubes of toothpaste, 3 advil, 3 aleve, 2 excedrin, and a few razors. CVS mainly, I buy one paper a week, and I look for extras here and there. I am not making money on CVS, but I'm just looking for little savings here and there.
And I get there is only the two of us. And we take a long time to use stuff up, thus why I haven't bought any laundry detergent, any other stuff I won't use even if it's a money maker.
But he just won't listen. I have been trying to explain to him the need to stockpile and replenish a few items, but it's just mad about it. He says we're wasting money, I showed him receipts for OOP about $1, and our excel spending sheet and he said "you still spent $10" for the month. Arrgh, he just kept on and on and on. He can't stand the stockpiling at all.
I've been hiding the stuff and keeping stuff in the trunk of my car. I feel awful because he's so angry about the stuff. I knew this and thus I set limits on how much stuff I would buy, even great deals.
I have no idea how to convince him. I am not a spendthrift, I do not buy for buying but I like having bought all these things for a almost free and I like the fact that we have 5 (I just decided to limit everything to the CVS number).
Should I just donate everything? If so where do you donate your stuff? And if not, how do I convince DH to just relax. And yes I spent a bit out of pocket at first, but not a lot. |