Kellynkay had posted a thread FTJ Assign #2 ~ Help needed stating that her DH would never agree on a spending freeze. When i read her post, i wondered what my DH would say about it. I started thinking, and if it wouldn't of been for her thread, i would not have asked my DH. I would have eventually told him about the FTJ project, but it really wasn't on my mind to do so right now.
Kim said, 'Maybe step #5 should be "Get Your Spouse on Board" - any other suggestions?'
So now that i think about it, we should all let our DH know about the FTJ Project, and have them join us.
So my question is... would you agree with this being assg. #5? (Get Your Spouse on Board)
I voted yes even though I don't have a "spouse". I am engaged to be married this summer and we BOTH have major issues with impulse spending and over-spending. We don't live together yet, so it would be nice to start breaking bad habits BEFORE we move in together. lol.
I told him about the project tonight on the phone and he didn't sound too enthused. lol.
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So we "fail" our assignment if our husband still says no? lol
My husband claims he doesn't spend money on himself, anyway. Of course he just spent all day on ebay.
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I told him about the project tonight on the phone and he didn't sound too enthused. lol.
phenomemom, I have to agree with you. My husband chuckled at me when i told him what we (or I if he didn't want to join in) were going to do. At first he said... jajaja it's not going to work. But after talking to him, he said okay we'll give it a try.
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What ever Kim wants #5 to be is fine with me. She's the leader imo!! My husband is way on board so either way works for me.
Jodie, your lucky to have a spouse who openly says yes (without the brainwashing that some of us, like me, have to do) and i agree, what ever Kim decides if fine bec. she IS the boss.
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So we "fail" our assignment if our husband still says no? lol
I hope not (LOL) bec. i have a feeling that im going to fail half way through the assignmet then. I kindda think my DH is going to give up half way through.
I do all the money in our house, so it doesn't really make a difference for us. My fiance doesn't really spend any money. He just needs coffe and not much else and we already have a stock pile in the pantry for him (it was on sale last month )
It's important to get spouse's on board and I think it really depends on your situation if it's imperative to the project that they are on board.
So I'm thinking yes and no I guess!
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If it wasn't on a clearance rack, it's not in my house!
I told my dh about the project and he said he was on board. I created an MS screen name for him so he can check out the assignments while he's deployed. Even though we won't be together to do this, we're at least trying it together in a sense.
We sat down yesterday and did exercises 2 through 4.
Kim, are the exercises a daily thing, or are you doing some each week? I just want to know when to look for them and when to tell dh to check the boards!
I said yes for the posters whose spouses aren't on yet. However, dh is already aboard (partially anyway. He has gift certificates that he's itching to spend - I told him to go ahead. I have them to spend too but am trying to do the 21 day spending freeze).
The problem for me is what my husband thinks is a NEED I think is a WANT.
Yes, I think this could be an issue for us as well. We don't see eye to eye on this often
I'll have a talk with the DH tonight to see if I can get him on board. He has a business trip next week, so all of his expenses will be covered there, so he has one week that should be super easy for him (and he'll still get to eat out nice meals every night, no fair).
FTJ Project-Get Your Spouse on Board?
My husband is way on board so either way works for me.
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Even though we won't be together to do this, we're at least trying it together in a sense.
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