Do you tell your partner the truth?

Mine knows the truth - I don't produce itemised bills, but if he asks me how much something was I'll tell him. We only use the joint account for house stuff (mortgage, Council Tax, bills etc) so it's my money anyway :p
 
Goldenstar said:
I don't lie I simply never tell him .
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This! Although I came a little unstuck this week when I bit the bullet and ordered a haycube to try out (yes, basically a £130 plastic box)
Their customer service is great and they called to thank me for the order and say it was on its way... sadly for some idiotic reason I had given his mobile rather than mine!!! 😫
 
paddi22 said:
-My husband thought hay was free because it was grass farmers needed to get rid of.
-Shoes were ten euro as they kept the same set for years and just got their hooves filed, which was cheap of course
-vets 12 euro per hour

That is fantastic about the hay! Wish I'd thought of that. I certainly knock the odd 0 from costs and the horse food is hidden in the general 'animal feed/ insurance/ stuff' costs. He doesn't mind when I spend a fortune on the dogs but if it's for the horses he gets a bit stroppy! After all it is my "hobby". I also tend to tell him about things after I've agreed them and tell him things in the middle of a sentence in the hope he misses the important bit I.e " work was busy today, by the way I've got a foal coming next weekend, so anyway what shall we have for tea".
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The only time my OH knows the cost of something horse related is if he's with me when I buy something! My local tack shop owner also removes all the price tags from things I buy, and I'm not the only one he does this for 😊 I work and earn my own money but I don't go out of my way to tell him the cost of things. To be fair it's not often he asks though!
 
I don't lie to mine but I might fail to tell him about some purchases like Jesters new rug! He found out when he turned him out for me but he isn't bothered as long as I'm happy, I do discuss big purchases like saddles and horse trailer etc, he knows how much feed costs and hay, he is more annoyed that I store it in the garage and that I've turned the utility room into a tack room :) he would draw the line at a new horse though!
 
My OH is totally unhorsey, and I tell him exactly how much everything costs.

I have not, however, told him quite how much our house renovation is costing .... and since he is away and I'm project managing it, he need never find out :D
 
There has been a few 'bends in the truth' in the past with non horsey OH.... usually ''mum is paying that bill' was the most common line I used.. To be honest mum often did pay, like she'd put in £10 towards the farrier, or field rent.. See the bend?!! lol
 
I don't have anyone to lie to but wouldn't even if I did.

Anyway we only have a few.


Each

/of each colour

/at home

:D

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Husband bought my new horse for me so no hiding here. He loves horses but thinks that horsey people are completely nuts :D he buys guitars and goes to play gigs round the country, I buy saddlepads and play ponies :)
 
I do tell my OH the truth, even if it is a bit painful!! But having said that, he actually admitted to liking my current lovely lad so, while he whinges a bit (b*^*^% mortgage!!!) he does try his best to accept it.

I, in my turn, have returned the "favour" over his classic cars, cameras/photography clobber, expensive hi-if gear and other man toys. Overall, I'd say honours are about equal ..... ����
 
Not to partner, but I hide the truth from mother! She still thinks Serenity is on loan, but she in fact was never on loan and I paid for her the day I picked her up! I often knock 10% of the price of stuff I buy for them too :P
 
Mine has wised up over the years, but generally so long as we each contribute to joint expenditure neither of us minds what the other does with their own money.

Once though, when I was having a bit of a horrible time, and we'd not been together all that long, my partner gave me some money to: "go out shopping to cheer yourself up." He was a bit surprised when I came home with a 9 month old colt rather than a new dress! He knows me better nowadays.
 
I cover all the costs and have no issue with saying what they are although I don't make a point of telling him about every little spend. For example, he knows how much (some, the others haven't arrived yet) the current set of vets bills are coming to.

In the past though he's bought rugs etc, including a £180 Back On Track fleece!
 
Yes my oh knows all the prices of everything and how often they need things as he pays for them I consider myself very lucky, he does however grimace and put head in hands when I mention new saddles:)
 
As my other half has his own horse (who is really an over grown dog ... his choice) he knows how much things cost etc. Although he may not know exactly how many rugs mine has or how much I've spent on extras for him.
 
years ago on the showjumping circuit a friend of a friend bought a second horse and named its show name.........

"Don't tell the Wife"

For obvious reasons 😉
 
I earn my own money for the ponies. I do ask for help with PC stuff for eldest from time to time as they prefer on-line payments and I don't have on-line banking. He knows how many ponies I have got and just shakes his head from time to time if another one appears. :)

Don't see the point in not telling the truth to be honest. If something were to happen to me then at least he knows the names of the ponies and what they look like!!!
 
I wouldn't lie about the cost of keeping the horses, though I have bought chicken and goose food at the same shop as the horse food and supplements and been grateful for the obsfucation.
OH goes to football regularly, with meals out at London restaurants and buys tickets for gigs that I think are extortionate! I don't complain, I'm pleased he has something he enjoys outside of work. I hope he feels the same about my horse habit.
 
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