<prompt> Human: For starters, I know honesty and openess are vital in any relationship. And normally we have great communication. But lately my husband has been stressed and using food as a comfort tool. I have restructured our home life so that he has more time to relax and hit the gym as a way to decompress each day. But while that is in progress, he is still spending way too much money on fast food and snacks whenever he is out of the house. We already use prepaid debit cards to maintain a budget, but he is blowing the whole fun budget on Burger King and candy bars each week and it is driving me nuts because I would rather spend that money on other things. It has become a stupid Race to see who can spend the fun budget each week!! Thats ridiculous. It shouldnt be this way. He is getting better but I feel like it isnt fast enough.Would it be really terrible of me to pretend our income has dropped and thus reduce the fun budget available to him? Just until he gets through this little phase? Im a freelancer so I can easily pretend. What would you do?  <response>: I personally wouldnt do that. I would also not be happy at all if my SO did that. If my SO was doing that Id most likely confront them and get them to explain why theyre spending that much money on crap. And not the Im hungry and like burger king but the real underlying reason. It would probably be an uncomfortable conversation but finding what the cause is would be my goal. After that you can find a solution. 