The Daily Peeve / Rant

[Tybee]

Frugal-one, I'm so sorry you went through that and so glad you thought to call the hospital--you did what he would have wanted, and it is so hard.

[Rogar]

Frugal one, sorry to hear of your problems. I've had a similar dilemma as power of attorney and the objections of others for my choices. It still haunts me a little, but no regrets. Your brother gave you power of attorney because he valued your judgement over others. You did the right thing.

[iris lilies]

Frugal-one, thank you for doing this difficult task and doing what your brother would have wanted you to do.

[pinkytoe]

Family situations like this can be so traumatic unnecessarily. I am sorry for your pain. You did what your brother wanted.

[catherine]

I am so sorry, frugal-one. What a position to be put in, but you did the right thing.

[frugal-one]

Thank you for your kind words and listening.

[SiouzQ.]

My spouse's penchant for over-using things like aluminum foil drives me crazy. All of this was used to reheat 1/2 a breakfast burrito.
Excess Foil.jpg

I literally fish it out of the garbage when he is done and put it in my aluminum drink can bin to take into the scrap metal dealer to redeem for cash.

[Tybee]

I sometimes buy pies that come with the tins, like Mrs. Callender chocolate, and then keep the tins and use them for things like reheating food or freezing dinners in batches. Some are slightly smaller in diameter and he could put the larger on the bottom and the smaller atop and reheat the burrito that way.

[SiouzQ.]

That would be something I would do but my spouse does not have a frugal bone in his body. Sometimes it astounds me that we are even a match but as the old cliche says, opposites attract.

It can get frustrating. Lately I have been sucked into the world of YouTube and because I watched one person doing their "frugal tips", the algorythm gives me everybody and their mother doling out frugal advice. It's kind of interesting for a while because it helps me get back into it but it is very different from when I was single and could do whatever I wanted. Trying to be really frugal when the spouse isn't really on board and a spouse who makes a lot of money is pretty hard. I think if he got laid off, or when he retires it will be a lot easier to get him in to it. But I drop hints here and there - this month I have been tracking how much we spend on his fizzy drinks. The month isn't even over and he's already spent $67. I guess the good thing here is that he doesn't drink alcohol but still, I cannot believe how much he spends on sodas and Bubly water! At the rate we are going, it'll be more like $80 at the end of the month and then times twelve months is a whopping $960 a year on fizzy stuff. He has NO IDEA because he just doesn't think in those terms like I do!

[pinkytoe]

I have always thought it would be difficult to pair up at an older age. We are all pretty set in our ways about certain things. A woman I know (in her 70s) just got a new live-in boyfriend and he is hauling all his stuff over little by little. She complains a lot about his overabundance of stuff and where to put it all.