The Australian Women's Weekly

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usband was encouraging me to spend, which shocked me. I’m married to a man so frugal he refuses to turn the heater on, instead encouraging us to do push-ups to stay warm. A man who buys new underpants every six years, wearing them so thin that the gusset is gone-eth before he chucks them. Then he suggests we use the remnants for cleaning rags or to “tie stuff up”

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