Is it wrong to hide money from hubby?

My hubby is a spendaholic! He has a lot of hobbies (mini-bikes, scooters, snowmobiles, go-karts, etc) that he spends a lot of money on. But even aside from his hobbies, he likes to spend for the pure joy of spending. He makes about 00 every 2 weeks. We SHOULD be living rather well for our taste (not quite high class, but upper/middle class).. yet we are living paycheck to paycheck and most of the time run out well before the next payday. I’ve started taking his change or whatever money is left in his pockets from the days spending and storing it away. I figure if I do this often enough, and to the point where he wont catch on to the change being gone.. I could get a nice little "nest egg" started. Im not saying I dont want him to notice me taking the money because I think he would be mad, because he wouldnt be.. I dont want him to notice because if he KNEW about the money thats set aside, he would want to spend it the SECOND he ran out of money!

Whatdaya think? Is it wrong? In one aspect I feel like Im stealing from him and hiding things from him and its so so wrong. But on the other hand I feel like if he’s not able to save on his own, I’ll do it for him. And when the day comes that we are in desperate need of money, he’ll be happy to find out, I’ve been saving.

Is there another way to go about it though? I’ve tried talking to him about his spending and tried to get him to save and he just CANT! Money burns a hole in his pocket before it even gets in there! lol It’s also not a possibility for me to get a job and save MY checks because we have 3 kids.

Tips, advice, help….

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