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For Love & Money is a column from Business Insider answering your relationship and money questions. This week, a reader's partner isn't willing to stop scrimping on every purchase. Our columnist says they need to focus on how those choices affect their kids as a team.
Got a question for our columnist? Write to For Love & Money using this Google form . Dear For Love & Money, Last summer, I lost my job, and my partner and I significantly scaled back our spending. I'm back in the workforce now and making more than before, but both of us agree that since we can live on a lot less, we should do so and use the difference to save money.
We're spending much less than a year ago, which is excellent. However, I think when you're no longer in emergency mode, it's wild not to spend the money if you have it. For instance, our children all need new shoes.
We're tall people, and their feet never seem to stop growing. Buying them all new shoes doesn't feel optional to me, but it does to my partner, who is still pretending we're surviving off only one income. They keep suggesting we put it off and see how long the kids can make their old shoes work.
Whenever I say I'm planning to tak.