About three years ago I had a 6 month stint as our family bill payer. It probably wasn't the best 6 months of our marriage. One month I accidentally paid the house payment twice, and another time I added money to the register when I should have debited it, I'll just say that it was a significant enough amount to cause our checkbook more than a little concern. I think Chris spent more time on the phone with the bank during those 6 months than the rest of his adult life combined, fortunately he's a pretty good salesman and he was able to convince the bank that we weren't irresponsible consumers - just that his wife was just a financial idiot who deserved a second chance like everybody else.
With that background in mind, you can understand Chris's reluctance when I asked him if I could try to pay a bill online. He agreed but stood behind me watching the whole time, making weird little sounds everytime my fingers even got near a button I shouldn't push. I think he was nervous that I was going to accidentally send our life savings to the City of Hollywood who would of course keep it and assume that we just wanted to pay our water bill in advance...for the rest of our lives.
All in all, everything went smoothly. Hollywood got their money - no more, no less - and I successfully managed to prove to my husband that I am completely financially capable...mostly - I'm just hoping everything will go through smoothly before Chris realizes that I completely forgot to write down the reference number...and the amount paid.
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