GRR!

[quidditchgrrl]

I am angry like whoa. It's not going to do me any good to scream and yell at my husband (note that he is IN TROUBLE when I go from Honeybunch to MY HUSBAND).



When we got home from my father's birthday brunch yesterday, our cable & internet were turned off. Not out of service: turned off. Turns out the bill hadn't been paid for 60 days.

I don't pay the bill; my husband does. We split bills and expenses and have separate accounts. I pay him for the rent, water, phones and cable, after taking out his half of our insurance, electric and groceries. (We don't have joint accounts, and considering this new development, I feel damn good about it)

Simple, no? I've been paying my half of the bills. What has he been doing that he's not paying the cable?! If he's been spending bill money on take-out (which he insists on ordering at least once a week, at $30 a pop) or on ESPN gameday, there will be HELL to pay.

He wanted to call his boss and put the charge on the corporate account (he works for a family business and they could just take it out of his check), but I made him pay the charge (what he told me he owed was only HALF of what we actually owe) with my debit card.

I need to check our cell phone account, since both of our names are on it. And oh, did I mention that MY FICO score has dropped 20 points in the past month? Something is fishy, I think. >:O

Did I mention that I typically buy ALL of the Christmas gifts, aside from my own?

Unfortunately, my husband does not respond to WORDS. There will be WORDS, oh yes there will. But what to do with the sulky jerk that WORDS create? There is no winning.

He'd better have his shit together tonight. I need to know how much I need to get us flush again. It'll be at least another $105 to get the cable bill current. -.-

Merry fucking Christmas. If he thinks I'm paying for his ticket to Vegas, he's nuts. I'll go visit his best friend while I'm at Lumos, and he can sit home!



I know it sounds bitchy, but I, the original shopaholic, can keep myself under budget. If he can't, we're going to have more WORDS.

Comments

[bunnicula38.livejournal.com]

I don't blame you for being upset. My husband and I also have separate accounts and I tend to be irresponsible about paying the bills sometimes. One time we had the electricity cut off because I didn't pay the bill on time. My husband gave me holy heck for that and I was scared straight into paying the bill timely from then on. I'm a spender so that's why we have the separate accounts.

I hope that your man sees the light after you have your words with him.

[sadslacker.livejournal.com]

The solution to this is to create a joint checking account. Instead of you paying him or him paying you for part of the bills, you both pay into the account and bills are paid with that. This way you know who hasn't put in money when and you can review what has been paid out of the account so you won't have anymore "shutoff" surprises.

[teshara.livejournal.com]

so he purposfully lied to you and your utilities were shut off?

what about this does he think is acceptable?

[chickadilly.livejournal.com]

Whoa ... I'd be pissed off too!

[badonkatonks.livejournal.com]

*kisses your forehead*

I hate that you're having to deal with this but I'm relieved to hear that my husband isn't the only one...he can pull some doosies. I love him madly but it's relieving to know I'm not the only wife who gets this upset with her hubby sometimes.

I feel your pain.

[roguebitch.livejournal.com]

In the words of my daughter, "That is NOT okay!"

I'm 100% with you -- having the utilities cut off is not just a whoops. I like the joint account for utilities idea, tho'. It would create a safety valve, accountability-wise.

[kaputla.livejournal.com]

I had cable internet hooked up in my name but it ended up only being able to be set up in my roomates room. So she took over payments and I let her since it was only $30 some a month. Now I owe like $109 dollars. It's good times with my first bill collector.

[miriellegrey.livejournal.com]

Just a humble lurker, agreeing with the joint checkbook thing.

You don't sound bitchy. You sound genuinely frustrated.

But beware of debit cards. ATM cards can be the devil. I end up with a lot of receipts, weeks after the fact...

MG