Before my husband and I were married he lived month to month, never saved any money. After we married, I for some reason allowed him to handle the bills while we used my money for dinners out, groceries etc This was until I realized he wasn't paying bills on time because he didn't have the money. I took over the bills and the world changed. However DH struggles terribly with understanding the connection between swiping the debit card and the money in the bank acct. In the past 2 years he has overdrafted many times and we have fought many of them, but his bank is done with him and basically would rather him close the acct. So when he found out today that he had 7 overdrafts on his acct I was beyond furious. Over $200 gone because he just swipes without thinking. Two weeks ago we had a conversation (after he overdrafted) that either I was going to take the card away and only give him cash (so once its gone its gone) or he had better make a good effort to not overdraft--I told him to use his card for gas only and if he went to the grocery etc to take my card. So after today the card is gone, this is ridiculous we would have had some much more money to our names if he would just check his acct. (As a side note at each pay I give him about $200 in his acct, the rest goes in mine for bill paying or savings acct)
Anybody else with this issue?
Leslie
Anybody else with this issue?
Leslie