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Couple does battle over who
handles household bill-paying
DEAR ABBY: My newly
retired husband and I lead a
nice life and are in good
health. Our two girls are
grown and established. Our
battle is over my husband
“taking back” some of the
duties I have performed for
years, like paying and mail
ing out our monthly bills,
some of which I pay in per
son.
This task is easy for me
and never a hardship. We
have excellent credit. He now
wants all the bills to come to
him online, and he’ll pay
them online, leaving me out
of the process. He knows I
enjoyed doing it.
I want to continue to han
dle bill paying as I always
have, occasionally taking a
statement to a department
store or whatever. Paying for
checks is not a problem for
us. I use a debit card for reg
ular shopping and a credit
card in certain stores. I am
not a spend-a-holic.
My husband paying bills
online cuts me out of the pro
cess, and I don’t like it. I pre
fer the method I have used
for decades. Is this more of a
control issue than anything
else? Any ideas? —
STIFLED IN WASH
INGTON
DEAR STIFLED: Yes, it
is a control issue. It is also an
indication that your husband
doesn’t have enough to do.
Because the bill paying is
partly a social outlet for
you, you should not allow
the task to be taken over.
Tell your husband he needs
to find something else to do
— mow the lawn, paint the
garage, volunteer his time
—but not the bill paying.
A compromise might be
for him to pay some of the
bills online and you pay the
rest. However, if something
unexpected happens to your
husband (illness, death, mur
der?), you absolutely must
know how the online system
works so you can assume
the task seamlessly.
DEAR ABBY
Jeanne Phillips
DEAR ABBY: I met my
husband 22 years ago and
decided to move in with him.
I was 21. My mother has
never approved of him. He
is a blue-collar, hardwork
ing, huge-hearted man. We
fell hard for each other, and I
didn’t care that he wasn’t
rich. I know Mom was dis
appointed that I didn’t marry
a doctor or a lawyer. Instead,
I married the man I fell in
love with.
The last 22 years haven’t
been easy. She acts like she
accepts him, but then she
says horrible things about
him. We both have helped
my parents during some
difficult times, but she still
says things that hurt like,
“I’m glad you two never
had kids.”
Well, lo and behold, I
ended up getting pregnant at
40, and we have an amaz
ing son together. I keep try
ing to start over with Mom,
especially since my son
was bom, but she has con
tinued her evil ways.
I’m finally done with her,
and my husband and I have
decided to move to another
state where my husband’s
family lives so our son can
grow up surrounded by lov
ing people. I feel sad, but
my mother is not willing to
accept us. Am I doing the
right thing by moving? (My
father passed away, and we
hung in through her verbal
abuse during his illness.) —
ANXIOUS IN ARIZONA
DEAR ANXIOUS: I’m
sorry for what you and your
husband have been put
through. You have clearly
tried to make the relation
ship with your mother work.
Because you are a mother
now, focus on creating a
happy life for your son.