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March 15th, 2007 at 11:37 am

Came home a few days ago and there were 2 credit card bills waiting.

One was from a business trip my wife took. Bill was $1200 and needless to say her expense check was slightly more than half the bill.

One was from a soccer purchase I did last October and I gave my wife the cash to pay the bill off.

Because she does the checking account month to month I did not see these bills until this week. OUCH.

Add to that our bank was charging us $5 for each of my 7 mutual fund purchases in my IRA, plus a $15 excessive transaction fee which I just caught.

I went ballistic on Tuesday. The wife was not happy at how upset I got over what she called "little" things.

Since then, called the bank and they waived all the fees.

Tapping into emergency funds to pay off the credit cards. I am more relaxed now, but I didn't sleep too well until this was taken care of.

3 Responses to “slipped up”

  1. Thrifty Ray Says:

    um...ouch!

    Going ballistic may not have been the best reaction...but neither was her labeling those actions 'little things'....

    sounds like maybe an 'after you calm down discussion' would be a good idea to aleviate future surprises about those types of 'little things' *ack*

  2. jIM_Ohio Says:

    add to that she was on a business trip and I hate talking on the phone... it has been a tough week.

    I have not seen my wife since the problem surfaced... only spoke about them on the phone.

  3. Thrifty Ray Says:

    oh boy, that does magnify the problem. I hope things work out once she gets home!!

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