Tuesday, July 29, 2008
Do you wait until your husband is out of the house to sneak new purchases into the back of your closet? Have you ever paid for a pricey, impulse item in cash so your partner wouldn't notice the triple-digit shoe expenditure on the Visa bill? If so, there are those in the world who think you're cheating - yes, cheating! - on your spouse. It's called "financial infidelity" and many of us (I'm not naming names) are guilty as sin.
I'm pretty sure "checkbook cheating" isn't listed among the ten commandments but, according to a Harris Interactive survey of 1,796 people, ages 25 to 55, twenty nine percent of people in a committed relationship admitted to lying to their partner about their spending habits. (I suspect the percentage of those who WON'T admit it, would take the number even higher.) Women tend to lie about makeup, clothing and pedicure purchases. Men cover up Internet porn, fantasy football and and stock market buys.
So, lying is lying, right? And conveniently forgetting to tell the hubster about that new Prada purse in the closet is immoral deception, yes?
I'll let you be the judge and jury on that one. In the meantime, I'm headed back to my closet to see if there's anything in there I've hidden and forgotten about.
Comments
lostinthe70s (anonymous) says...
I have always had my own bank accounts and therefore never worried about this. As long as a person is making their fair share contribution to the hosuehold, what difference should it make?
July 29, 2008 at 3:57 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
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