A woman has been left raging after finding out her husband hadn't been honest about the figure of his pay rise.
After getting a promotion at work, the woman's husband had originally told his wife that he would be getting an increase of £15 per week.
But when the woman overheard a message between him and a friend, she found out that he'd been lying and was actually earning an extra £75 a week.
He eventually told her he had lied because he wanted to use that money to work less overtime and pay off his credit card, while still keeping some aside for a football season ticket and beer money.
Taking to Mumsnet, the woman was keen to know if she was overreacting to her husband's dishonesty.
She said: [My husband] has recently been headhunted (for want of a better word). £15 extra a week, but a job of better variety in his line of work, which is what he wanted. His current employer wants him to stay so offered him the same job with the extra £15 a week. Excellent. Just want him to be happy in his work and he decided to stay. Extra money each week would go towards increase in petrol. Happy days.
"I am applying for a promotion at work which even at the bottom end of the scale will bring in an extra £800 a month. Its HUGE..... doing a job that I actually do every day anyways. I have to apply and have to put forward an application and (hopefully) interview."
She then explained that one of her husband's friends worked in recruitment, so she sent him her supporting statement to check over.
But when they were looking it over, he got a message from the woman's husband that she wasn't supposed to hear.
She continued: "He got a message through (standing next to him reading out loud) saying "no hints needed, it excellent" followed up with (from DH) "thanks so much, oh I haven't told her about the significant raise". I asked DH about the "significant raise" and he said you know how much I'm being paid, to which I said I know how much you are being paid because you told me how much, but it's hardly significant is it, unless you are lying to me. He said he wasn't and he went quiet.
"After not talking for around 20 minutes he asked why I wasn't speaking and I said he was the one that had gone quiet and he the said is this about my pay?"
It turns out he was actually getting paid an extra £75 a week, and not £15 like he had originally said.
The woman continued: "An extra £300 a month. He said he lied because he wanted to use that money to work less overtime and pay of his credit card (£1200) and that he made a "bad call" in not telling me. Those are acceptable reasons to use the extra money, so why not f****** tell me??
"Every single penny I earn goes to joint finances. A portion of his goes to joint and then he keeps some for football season ticket and football beer money.
"He's so angry at the fact that I'm angry....."
The woman wanted to know if she was in the wrong here for being upset. Luckily, most of the people in the comments were on her side.
One said: "It is not acceptable to lie about finances that impact the household imo. My trust would have been broken."
And another agreed, saying: "I’d be really hurt by this, he’s being so selfish. You’re meant to be a team, but he’s thinking just of himself. On top of that he lied, not even just once! and then the cherry is he’s angry at you?! Is he normally such a d***?"
And a third said: "It's not about the amount, it's about the fact he's lied. I wouldn't be impressed."
Who do you think is in the wrong? Let us know in the comments.
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