Money and couple: one in three French people admit to having hidden a purchase from his partner

Financial transparency as a couple? Not so sure. Almost 30 % of French people admit that they have already hidden a purchase or lied about its price to their partner. At the top of the most hidden expenses: clothing, shoes and high-tech products. A habit that speaks volumes about the French report to the management of the marital budget …

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Money, source of tension in the torque? Almost 40% have already been disputed following a purchase and almost 60% among the youngest (18-24 years) according to a flash study for Hostinger, published this Thursday, February 12. Almost one in three people as a couple admits having already concealed a purchase or lied about their amount to their partner. Among the youngest (18-24 years), this proportion climbs even to 42%.

However, the vast majority (65%) of French couples systematically or regularly consult their partner before a purchase. Among men, 72% even turn to their partner before taking out the credit card against 56% for women.

What are the most hidden expenses?

For others, those who sometimes hide the price or hide their latest purchases from their partner, for the most part (49%) of clothing, shoes or accessories. Women are more numerous (65% against 33%) to be discreet about this type of spending. Next come the gifts you have yourself (37%), technological products like a new brand new smartphone (30%) then leisure or personal activities.

In this case, it is the men who are the most dungeon: there are 41% to silence their expenses in the outings, the games or the subscriptions against only 16% of the women among the French in couple who have already hidden an expense or lied about the actual amount of a purchase from their partner.

Money as a social marker

More generally, almost one in three French people (27%) has already inflated or embellished the price of a purchase to impress those around them. Men to indulge in this practice (31%) than women (22%). Making a good deal gives a feeling of “Competence, intelligence or resourcefulness” more than half of French people (54%).

Among the youngest (18-34 years old), there are even 68% to think in this way. Consumers appreciate the most save money (65%) when they save but also 9% to experience pride by speaking of this purchase around them and even 5% to particularly appreciate the “Satisfaction to be clearer than others”.