Where I’ll use one paper towel she’ll use three or four.
I’ll let the washer do its auto sensing and she’ll run a full tub of water, regardless of how much she’s washing.
Electric and gas aren’t bad. Though when she goes to boil water she’ll have the burner (gas stove) at max and the flames will be going past the bottom of the pot and will be licking the sides 1/4 way up. Keep telling her the flame needs to be heating the bottom, not the air around it.
Mine will use huge wads of toilet paper to clean the bathroom sink and other things. She was still doing this during the huge toilet paper crisis of 2020.
So, we had like three rolls left and she's using massive amounts on cleaning the sink. Those rolls could have been used for wiping asses. She just couldn't break the habit.
She'll wash 5 items of clothing with a full tub on the washer and always with HOT water. For fucking everything. I had to turn off the hot water supply to the washer. Probably save hundreds on the gas bill every year just for that.
Starts the sprinkler on the lawn and then forgets about it for hours. She once went to bed with the water running on the sprinkler all night and it rained anyway. Water bill was like $200 more than usual that month. Grass was fucking green though.
Will sometimes cut the grass unnecessarily, or cut it WAY too short. I had to put a cable with combo lock on the mower so it can't be moved.
Turns the heat up in winter WAY too high, so I'm sweating my ass off and too cold in summer so I'm freezing my balls off. I had to buy a special thermostat that allows you to set upper an lower limits and has a lockout code. Some engineer obviously made this thing especially for men who have women in the house.
Keep in mind, I did these things after telling her to please not do it at least 3000 times (not exaggerating). Women just don't listen.
Drives us crazy, doesn't it?
. My mom grew up kind of poor with a father who was a real cheapskate (counted spaghetti noodles per person even after he had money, rinsed out zip lock bags, etc.) so I get a lot of my weird money saving stuff from her. Both of my parents were solid middle/upper middle class and we always lived relatively cheaply. My wife’s family wasn’t as conservative with money.
