They live as a couple with a miserable partner. Overearth/Getty Images
TESTIMONIALS: – If an individual’s stinginess often reflects insecurities inherited from childhood, it can directly affect life as a couple in adulthood. Anna and Magali talk about their sometimes unsuccessful daily life with a (very) thrifty partner.
“He finds it a distraction to buy a bouquet of flowers,” Anna, 40, begins, describing the (very) thrifty side of her partner, the father of her two children. As for floral arrangements, the man prefers to buy vases so that they “keep themselves” and, above all, so that “no one throws money out the window,” he says, quoting himself. Anna lived with her partner’s greed for 8 years. When he makes a remark to her, she prefers to mock and replies: “I’m stingy like Norman.” Only after so many years of living together, Anna no longer laughs, she can tolerate this trait of her personality less and less. “All “pleasure” expenses, like a restaurant, are related to money. When she goes shopping, she brags about finding the best deals when we don’t need to save €3 on boxes of nappies…” Anna has found a solution to her relationship to get a little peace. “how do i win…
Source: Le Figaro
