Husbands have a fear that they won’t be able to keep up with expenses.
Now, keep all that underground insecurity in mind… and add on a husband seeing “extra” spending (even if it is in the budget and isn’t really “extra”), and you can see why some men are unusually sensitive. Your husband might be one of them. If your man isn’t controlling in any other area, that tells me that this reaction likely isn’t about control but fear: a deep and visceral fear that he won’t be able to keep up. It may not necessarily be a logical feeling—after all, you have money in the bank! You’re sticking to a budget!—but it is very deep. And very common. So what do you do?
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