HIDING MONEY FROM YOUR SPOUSE

January, 2015 – One in five Americans have spent $500 or more on a purchase without their partner’s knowledge, according to a CreditCards.com report released Wednesday. From the report:
– Men are much more likely to have done so than their wives. Twenty-six percent of men have spent more than $500 without notifying their significant other versus just 14 percent of women.
– Approximately 7.2 million Americans (4.4 million men and 2.8 million women) have hidden a bank or credit card account from their live-in spouse or partner, the report found.
* Who’s the snitch?
* I don’t recall seeing this checkbox on my credit card bill.
* “The due date for your payment is the 23rd. And does your wife know what you bought?”
* Thanks, this is really going to help stir things up out there.
* What are we trying to do? Search out new ways to fight?
* 500 bucks or more? That’s a pretty expensive escort service.
* 500 bucks? That’s over two months of cable TV.
* So what’s a credit card company trying to accomplish with this study? Besides getting everyone in trouble.
* PHONE TOPIC: What’s the most expensive thing you bought that your spouse doesn’t know about?