Are you a spender or saver?

flowerpower

Sun, Jun 22 2008, 5:58 pm

which one?
what about that spouse of yours?

If I have cash in my pocket then I will find something I need to get on the way home.

yo'ma

Sun, Jun 22 2008, 6:08 pm

I used to be a saver, but now that there isn't much to save Crying

(5 kids and tuition), I'm a spender.

HealthCoach

Sun, Jun 22 2008, 6:20 pm

I used to be a saver, then a spender, and after the summer I really want to go back to being a saver.

HAPPYMOMMY

Sun, Jun 22 2008, 6:20 pm

I'm more of a saver. DH is more of a spender, but not a bad one. I would rather use the word generous.

mc'cutie

Sun, Jun 22 2008, 6:22 pm

I think I fall in between, not a spender but yet not a saver and so is my husband.

Tefila

Sun, Jun 22 2008, 6:22 pm

shemesh wrote:

definitely a spender, but thanks to my dh im learning how to save ...

Well in my case there is not much to save. but he has helped me learn how to spend money wisely .

Ruchel

Mon, Jun 23 2008, 4:35 am

I think I'm really in the middle. I like to buy, but generally I am VERY reasonable (in our standards, which could be different to others).
My husband, I've moderated him more than a bit especially with the casino. He thinks nothing of losing money there because it's like "paying to have fun". I'm more the kind who prefers to win back the money even if I'm tired and fed up.

Beauty and the Beast

Mon, Jun 23 2008, 6:47 am

We are both savers.
Once in a while I get into a spending mode and then regret it afterwards.
I shop wisely, and always buy on sale. I cannot remember the last time I purchased a full price thing unless it was already a cheap thing. I am changing all that now. I see that I anyway tend to dress in the same thing every day, so I find that if it is a better piece of clothing, it will last me longer, so maybe I will invest in something more.
but hey, if we would have the money, I know I would probably be a spender, depends on how we are doing in that time.... now it's hard, but soon hopefully it should ease up a bit... ask me then!!

chavy

Mon, Jun 23 2008, 7:01 am

thats a good question.
im a big saver, I do treat myself to times of spending on things but only on sale... lol
dh on the other is more of a spender, but thanks to me hes getting better.....

greentiger

Mon, Jun 23 2008, 7:10 am

HAPPYMOMMY wrote:

I'm more of a saver. DH is more of a spender, but not a bad one. I would rather use the word generous.

Same here. The problem is when dh gets me in the habit of treating myself to things I would have never allowed myslef the luxury of buying before.

dilego

Mon, Jun 23 2008, 9:22 am

I'm a spender.Ireally fi nd it difficult to only buy a minimum,what ones really needs &to choose things that don't fit 100 percent b/c the others don't fit the budget.My DH iss really the sensible spender/saver.smtms.I'm really jealous of his ability to do that.

Akeres Habayis

Mon, Jun 23 2008, 9:52 am

Tehilla wrote:

I'm a spender being forced to save.

u sum it up perfectly tehilla,

Rivky

Mon, Jun 23 2008, 10:00 am

I would say I'm the saver in the family as opposed to dh whose extremely generous (but not a spender). He sometimes thinks I'm a lil stingy (although according to me that's the last thing I am) but hey, someones gota do it!!!