Looking for advice on getting my husband on board with coupons

I wasn't really sure where to post this, so I'm hoping this is the right forum.

I'm new to SC and just joined a few weeks ago. I'm also new to using coupons, and I have been learning a lot from this site.

My husband teases me whenever I get new coupons in the mail, and jokes that I'm "cheap". I don't know why he associates coupons with being "cheap". My mentality is that it's better to have that extra $0.50, $1, etc in my pocket than in the stores or manufacturers' pockets.

I was wondering if anyone has any advice on how to get him on board with using coupons?

Thanks :-)

I honestly don't know. It's not cheap it's smart. As you say, better the money in your pocket than in the retailers or manufacturers. I'm not sure why some have a negative association with coupons. Those same people won't hesitate to buy something on sale. It's not cheap, it's smart and he should be commending you for stretching the family budget, IMHO.

My DH picks on me but smiles at all the freebies that I come home with.He will come around one the savings start to pile up.:)

Some people associate coupons with hoarding.
Some people associate coupons with being cheap.
Some people assoicate coupons with being poor.

Regardless, it is a trend that is here to stay. I am a man and never realized the true value of a coupon until I started using this site and seeing what I could get for "free" or close to it. Some people like my wife are "borderlines". On one side I go and get 4 Laundry soaps for $2.92 from LD which I price matched to Zellers and come home to tell her and she'll be like you spent $3 dollars!!...and I don't mean that in a good way. I remind her that she has spent upwards of $40 on one of those big buckets of no name powder laundry detergents or spent $7+ for a Tide.
I also remind her that essentially we are never going to have to buy certain things at full price. Then the next day she'll be asking me...do you have a coupon for this and that. I guess you could say she "lives" with it and accepts it, but she is one of those types who will never want to "fully" understand the whole process and system.
It is okay by me. I would never want her to become like me. If that was the case our house would become filled with enough products and two people spending on products that we would certainly never use in our lifetime. So sometimes it can be a good thing to be the only one who uses the coupons. As long as your spouse understands the process involved and can help you out if needed (like buying an item for you if you have PM'ed too many) then all is well.

oops double posted

Welcome to SC!!!
I think the best way to have him 'realize' the savings you are actually making, is by keeping track of what you have saved and showing him the results - e.g. on a register tape, over one week, for one month, etc.
Or, maybe a visual way would be to put the amount of cash in a jar or container - the amount you have saved from using coupons, showing him how much is in there after a particular amount of time, and then maybe deciding what you two can spend it on (doesn't matter if it's $5.00 or $20).

I just started couponing in earnest less than 2 weeks ago, and I've already saved over $80 in coupons (and over $200 when you include price-matching sales and a little bit of coupon stacking - still need to increase my coupon inventory to have more stacking opportunities.)

I keep a running tally on lined paper in a notebook - I jot the date, cost minus coupon, store name if I PM'd, and final cost. (Love seeing the notation.. FREE + tax!)

you could show do something similar to show your husband, and also show him the receipts showing your coupon savings. (I bet he'll come around in time. :) )

The only way to get him on board, is a coupon for stuff he likes! For starters, candy will usually do the trick. DH was so excited by the old rexall printable, that he could get any candy up to $5.00 for free. Then he loves his soup at hand/ Italian wedding. When sobeys had their promotion he bought a cupboard full. He handed the girl the coupons and paid, I had nothing to do with it,I just told him what he was buying and how much it would be. When he seen how much he didnt pay he was a happy camper. The clincher was the nestle novelties last summer.
After that he did a little bragging, checks the flyers more often, and always brings home any coupons he comes across. Last fall he went to herbies all by himself and got in on the "Off" bug repellent deal. He always askes if there is "a coupon" now. So start out slow with stuff he likes first! LOL

I am with every one else when they say- SHOW HIM THE MONEY!!!

My hubby got on board when I showed him that I had saved $250 from coupons from October to December last year. The topper was the three SDM redemptions from January to April-thanks to my babe's special formula bought on 20x events,and specials bought with coupons- total redeemed was $500 and it included a new movie camera to record DS new events. He is so on board that he bought three of his favourite deoderant for only $1.00 using a coupon the other day. And he was proud of himself for the save!!!

My hubby still wont use them himself, (although i got him a FPC for case of pepsi that i hoping he will use lol) Sometimes he is excited about the deals i get.. other times i can tell that all he hears is "womp womp womp".. its like hit or miss depending on his mood lol
but i do hear him brag to his mom on the phone about my savings and freebies =) .. but i agree with the rest.. put it on paper so he can SEE the savings... 50 cents here and 1$ there doesent SEEM like much... but when you see it over time on paper its an EXTREME eye opener... and he will be wondering why you guys havent been useing coupons sooner...

maybe take the jar idea a little farther. and label it with something he wants bad.. everytime HE buys something with a coupon HE gets to put the money saved into the jar .. he will soon being begging to do the shopping ...coupons in hand. when he sees his jar filling up..
my guy 'hunts' for my coupons and just watches me do 'my thing'. hasn't complained yet..

He knows but he really gets it when I put stuff in his bathroom to use that I wouldn't have ever been able to afford before.

Relate it in a different way. I have save $50 in the last 3 days= FREE TANK OF GAS!!!!!

I love the RCSS girl I dealt with today. Didn't bat an eye when I handed her my wad of coupons.

i find when i tell him the good deals i have gotten that effect him (getting the soup he likes, the lunch extras he likes, how cheaply i'm getting diapers for the babe, the occasional things ive won) he doesn't see it as a cheap thing anymore(i think he did at first).. he sees it as an effective tool.. would he coupon? no but he won't make any negitive comments about it.. i've been couponing properly (not just dabbling but proper stacking, price matching, pricing out and doing stock ups on items) for about 6-8 months now, it did take him a bit really see it, but he supports it he even emptied one of his old hockey card binders to give me all the sheets(easily 100 sheets!) so i could make myself a coupon binder.. just like another poster said show him the $$$ and that you have all his needs met

i don't think he'd ever put in the effort to do the run around and effort i put in with coupons but it makes me feel good knowing i can provide for him(and us as a family) in a way (making OUR money stretch)

^My DH questioned how the bottles of Snuggle were multiplying like rabbits, but quit when I told him the price!