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Rosaleen Fenton

'My husband says I live like a poor person - he's ashamed of me'

It's common to argue in relationships - no two people agree on everything all the time.

In fact, life might be quite boring that way.

But it's common to have a shared approach to life, and agree on a lot of important issues - or at least, agree to disagree.

One woman was told she should leave her husband after sharing a recent row they'd had over money, a thorny issue for many couples.

On Reddit, the woman revealed that her partner "is very particular about his public image."

She explained: "We are middle class but he likes to show off how wealthy he is. The problem is we live in a community that’s full of actually wealthy people so he feels the need to buy overly expensive BBQs and furniture to show off with.

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The woman's husband complained (Getty Images)

"He also hates my “poor people habits”. I don’t see them as poor people's habits because actually I come from a more wealthy family than him and my family and friends do these things too.

"I hang all my clothes to dry in the air because I have dust mitt allergies and the sun helps makes my sheets and pillowcases better for my stuffy nose.

"I like to change the oil on my car myself because I can let the old oil drip out longer. I like to plant the ends of green onions to get more green onions

"I also repeat my dresses to friends' parties because I don’t normally wear dresses so a dozen are enough.

But her husband "absolutely hates all these habits because he thinks they are poor people habits."

The woman added: "We had a big fight about me hanging my sheets and clothing to dry outside. He demanded I never do it again because of how embarrassing it is. I told him if he does the laundry he can do them however he wants.

"He agreed then did the laundry twice before telling me we are hiring a laundry service since he doesn’t want to do the laundry anymore.

"I told him because it’s an optional service the money for the laundry service should come out of his “fun money”. He got upset and told me it should come out of the joint account because it’s everyone’s laundry.

"I said fine he can hire a laundry service for his laundry with his bank account and I will wash and hang my laundry outside as I want. He then yelled at me for embarrassing him and making the neighbours look down on him."

Understandably, people weren't impressed with her husband - and thought the couple should divorce.

One person wrote: "Your husband sounds like the most pretentious and egotistical man...just because you have money doesn’t mean you should spend it all. Keep doing what you’re doing and don’t spend a DIME on laundry service."

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