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Cheapness doesn’t pay.

January 30, 2008

We had been married about two years.

We had been given “Free Meal” certificates to a local Mexican restaurant.

We had two.

Not “Buy One Get One Free” but “Free Meal.”

But there was fine print:

“Limit one per table.”

After the server told us this, my husband piped up,

“What if we sit at different tables?”

Oh yes he did.

And yes we did.

Separate tables for the duration of our meals.

This was the night I realized I may very well be married to the CHEAPEST man alive, and it is the night he learned that cheapness doesn’t get you laid.

In fact all it really gets you is a lividly pissed off wife.

And who wants one of those?

***UPDATED 2/28/2008***

Did you get here from StumbleUpon? Yes? Well hey, how are you? If you’re thinking I’m some sort of two bit whore you’d be sorely mistaken. This was written with sarcasm, unfortunately first time readers (especially you men) who don’t know that I regularly employ sarcasm and don’t know that I joke on a regular (healthy) basis with my husband don’t see this as the funny little story it was meant to be. I adore my husbandand he adores me no matter how much money is or isn’t spent. We ordered, received and ate our food from different tables, then moved and sat with each other for dessert and never went back to the restaurant mentioned. So there is no need to call me a floozy, whore, tramp or bitch. Thank you very much. xoxo-Casey

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Comments off.

“Cheapness doesn’t get you laid” LOL
I thought they taught them that in dating school.

On the bright side…there were no dirty dishes.

Laura’s last blog post..Pep-talk

Oh wow that’s awful.

Reese’s last blog post..Sleep

Your husband and my husband?

Would be fast friends.

Angella’s last blog post..New Moon(s)

Okay, I nearly peed, a little.
My husband, on the other hand, doesn’t look at the price tags of ANYTHING he buys and has several ties in his wardrobe that cost more than some of my whole outfits.
No kidding.
At least he’s not cheap. Unfortunately, this means we’ll be poor forever…

Classic man. He wants to solve the problem just for the sake of solving it. He thinks that a free meal is more important that sitting next to his wife…

Barb’s last blog post..President Hinckley

Ah, yes, but really, who wants to do it with a man who just ate mexican food? I’m just sayin’…

fiveberries’s last blog post..pooped.

Phunee.

Kimmie’s last blog post..CAUGHT!

So I started BUSTING out laughing at this right.. so I felt the need to read it to my husband who was in the same room. I was reading to him and donkey-laughing so much while reading that it thoroughly pissed him off and he snapped at me.

thank you.

Holy cow! That worked? I guess he found out the price of free.

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Haha…that’s great.

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Could have been worse, you could have been taken to McDonalds with a free small fry coupon.

Were you at least close enough to have a conversation, or did you have to yell across the restaurant?

Amy’s last blog post..Don’t Pinch Me Yet

Hmmm…I’m with him on this one. Gotta stick to the budget. I’m guessing the coupons didn’t apply to carry-out?

wait. how did MY husband end up in your story????

janet’s last blog post..Bite me

Too funny!

hahahaha! I think my husband might be in the running with yours, though he has never tried to pull that one! Thankfully, as he would then have to learn the exact same lesson as yours (up to this point, his little, ahem, quirks have been fairly cute and endearing. But that? Would just piss me off!)

Z’s last blog post..Marriage Assvice

So your house is where my husband disappears to! That is horrible Casey but so funny, only because I can vividly see Spouse doing that to ME!

Oh man, I’m so afraid that I would do the same thing. The cheapness – it plagues me.

janssen’s last blog post..The Real Reason You All Read My Blog

OH.MY.GOD!!!

That IS cheap!! *eeps* I would have been livid too!! Yeah, no lovin’s for the guy that does that. Being frugal is fine…dissing your wife for a free meal….not so much.

Sadie’s last blog post..Terminology Tuesday…

See now, that would do it for me. Saving money is HOT!

That is awesome. I think I would be in awe of my husband’s cleverness. I am the cheap on in the family.

Megan’s last blog post..All My Hopes and Dreams, Crushed… In 30 seconds.

possible solution when (not if) this happens again.

take his coupon.

tell him to leave.

and get his own meal.

and enjoy your free on in peace.

tatiana’s last blog post..scholastic update

Oh dear God. He would get along famously with my husband. My husband has shown me an internet article about how to make your own juice boxes because it’s cheaper. He hangs laundry all over our deck (not mine – his) for all the neighborhood to see so as not to run the dryer in the summer. He complains if I put salt on the grocery list before we are officially out of salt.

(He’s getting better with age…)

I gave you an award today.

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I think it shows amazing restraint that you didn’t physically harm him. I don’t know that I’m that strong.

Nic’s last blog post..Blech dreams.

NO WAY! I can’t believe that!

Your husband and my friend would get along great. She doesn’t tip waiters… EVER! I don’t go out with her anymore- it is too humiliating.

That is freaking hilarious. But I can’t believe you played along!

Oh my gosh, I laughed so hard.

At least it wasn’t Valentine’s Day! He better really make this up to you then!

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HILARIOUS

Skye’s last blog post..So sad..

I’m sorry, but HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA!

Dude.

Seriously? Seriously??

I feel your pain.

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you are a better woman than i. our night might have ended in a lovely little divorce. ahahaha.

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Hahahaha! That is an absolutely fantastic story! love it!

xox

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Hah! Now that takes cajones.

Your story sounds like something my in-laws would do, to be honest. Thankfully, my wife has grown out of the “must save money at the expense of everything else” mode. We still have dozens of cans of tomato paste from Sam’s in our pantry, even if we’ve never used it for cooking before.

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okay.

i can’t stop laughing.

has he learned?

erin’s last blog post..pt update and other stuff.

After two years of marriage, love is still in the air. After five and a kid, I’d almost prefer separate tables!

Laural’s last blog post..Sibling Anxiety

And I thought I had the most frugal spouse…guess not!
Thanks for the laugh today. Yeah, I would have been pissed too!!

LifeAsIKnowIt’s last blog post..On Strike

awww poor you, I say you go “Okay then you owe me a meal TOGETHER” then he will learn that it will just cost him more in the end.

PS dont hate the preggers

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and when he’s a bigshot lawyer and you’re bathing in money, remind him of this when he gripes about your latest investment in something fabulous

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Ah seriously?

[...] lesson best learned early on in the [...]

I know my husband would totally considerate that option.

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That has got to be the funniest thing ever!

My husband would probably add a “stein” or “berg” to the end of your last name – but he does that sort of thing since he is a ”
berg!” If you catch my drift!

Mr. law school needs to read the fine print first, before he commits to the deal!

Meal: free
Anger seething from wife: priceless

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I love your blog. Your keep me entertained with your accurate outlook on life and all it has to offer.

I just wanted to tell you I am the wife of a Law student too (we actually used to live in Indy too, my husband did his first year of Law school at IU Indy with Jon S and Tom D, but we transferred to BYU to save money) and it does suck at times!!

Is it wrong that I laughed and did a silent cheer for Cody for beating (or is that “working”) the system. Sorry, Case.

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I just love your blog

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I suppose since the dinner was free, he could forgo the sweetness of dessert.

LOL.

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(I’ve lurked on your blog for awhile. This was just the post to get me to comment!) Funny…when I got to your conclusion, I was thinking “I wouldn’t have been mad at ALL.” I would have sat by myself and read my book while I ate, occasionally looking up to wave at the DH. Peace, relative quiet, free meal. Perfect night!!!

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A man of rare wisdom; not only were both dinners free, but there was a delicious lack of conversation.

Given the normal course of events when married couples converse, he stood little chance of getting laid anyways.

LOL!

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Did the two separate tables come with a couple of megaphones? Sexy.

Frugal, frugal, that one. The image of the two of you at separate tables is hilarious. Especially if it involved you giving him the WTF? look while he was happily eating his enchiladas.

(Chris totally would have done the same, except he probably would have tried to order me a margarita or three, too.)

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This could possibly be the best blog post I have ever read. I teach marriage prep and if you don’t mind I may just use this post when teaching. Oh the hubby and I are giggling. Thanks for that.

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hahaha that is hilarious. i would totally do the same thing. his ass would be couch-bound for a LONG time.

Jenny’s last blog post..Possible 2008 Blog Party?

And this is the reason why so many people are poor. Because they let companies get away with misleading advertising and just “fork over” the money as if it’s the their own fault when they get duped by a company. If any of our friends were to pull this on us we’d disown them, gossip about them, and throw a fit. If a company does it we sit there and just fork over the cash. My wife and I probably would have done the same thing (sit at separate tables) – though she’d not be trashing me on her blog, she’d be trashing the restaurant – who is the real jerk in this story. We’d have had a nice evening out together – AND not let a jerk company steal our money in the process.

That’s a whole new level of cheap that I’ve never heard of. All of a sudden, Gavin looks extravagant to me!

Shauna Loves Chocolate’s last blog post..Shauna, Where The Hell You Been?*

so you only have sex with your husband when he spends money on you….. and that means you are a….

…a blogger who makes light of a fairly funny situation that happened early in her marriage?
Yep.

Couldn’t you have just picked up your plate and walked over to his table and acted like you just saw him…like a long lost..um…idiot? “Hey, how are you? Nice to see you! Mind if I sit down?” Really. What could they have done after they already served each of you? Forbid you to share a table?

My husband and I read this together. Or rather, he read it outloud to me and I just happened to “stumble” upon it again and it reminded me of our conversation:
I said.. so.. what would be more important to YOU.. eating for free, or dining with your wife? He scratched his head.. got this evil little glint in his eye and said, “that would depend on what kind of food the restaurant had to offer”. To which I responded by slapping him playfully on the arm. In all seriousness, he responded correctly and accordingly: “Sweetie, (he calls me that sometimes.. mostly when he’s trying to get OUT of the bow-wow chateau), I would rather pay 100 dollars for a meal of my own than spend one moment without your company”.
(we’ve just been married for 8 months.. so.. wonder what kind of a response I’ll get in another 8 years or so.. and I’ll find out.. because I’ll remember this post and him, being a man, will forget by Friday). That’s tomorrow. hehehe

Good story! Hope you made him suffer a fair amount of time. I would have.

If I didn’t know better, I’d swear you were my long suffering sister in law. Great story

I don’t think he did it just to save money, it was more that he enjoyed outsmarting them.
I thought he should get some credit just for that!… and yes I am a man.

While I totally agree being that cheap in poor taste, I did not see metion of resolving the issue with the husband.

A conversation about the problem is the first step to a resolution. Cutting him off only proves that prostitution is the worlds oldest profession. Somehow it is ok to cut off a spouse, while illegal for the cut off spouse to get some on the side weather it is paid for or not.

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I came from StumbleUpon and I don’t think you’re a floozy. Your story made me laugh. I hope you got white cheese dip!

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I came from StumbleUpon too and I think you are great.

That is hysterical! I don’t think mine has ever done anything nearly that bad. I agree with Angie, who said that you should have pretended that you just met at the restaurant. Who knows, that could have led to some very kinky role playing! LOL

I laugh.

Mostly because this seems like something I would be likely to do – more so than my husband. Or I would make a big enough fuss until they gave us the deal AND let us sit together. I’d leave a nice tip though. LOL.

My husband is also a cheapskate. What surprises me is that you actually ended up at a restaurant!

This is an awesome story. Because it is so predictable, so logical, so efficient, and so utterly stupid all at once. I could make that mistake, but I hope I never do. Thanks for sharing it.

Ha! Your story is too funny. I’ve been married for 17 years. If it were us, I’d ask him to sit at the next table and he’d get a little somethin somethin for going along with it.

I’m far from cheap, but it would be hilarious to get around the restaurants cheesy marketing tactic.

This was awesome. Your husband is cheap, sorry to say. Ignore the one time readers that come here and tell you those things, anyone who has a brain can understand this was written in jest. I will be coming back here, for certain. Feel free to stop in sometime if you can!

Kudos, thumbs up.

Decembers last blog post..10 Ways to Ruin a Relationship.

I can’t believe there are StumbleUpon readers who wouldn’t comment with such rude remarks! This is a humorous story, and it makes me sad that people can’t understand sarcasm and humor these days.

LOOSEN UP, PEOPLE.

Besides, if my husband did that to me, I would’ve been pretty annoyed, as well.

Ahahahahaha.

Your husband, my father, my best friend. All would become drinking buddies. Provided they had the appropriate coupons, of course.