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Is it ADHD or does everyone spend it like Beckham? - An honest chat about impulsive spending!

• Adam and Donna

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Is it ADHD or does everyone spend it like Beckham?

New episode out now on ADHD or Life – A Couple’s Perspective 🎙️ and this one is a proper funny, real-life reflection of what it’s like being a couple living with ADHD. No scripts, no pretending we’ve got it all together… just an honest chat that somehow turns into Amazon parcels, condensed milk, and a popcorn machine scandal.

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What we cover in this episode:

  • We start with Adam’s strong feelings about the episode title (he hates it… which obviously makes it funnier).
  • Quick catch-up on the week: Adam is still on Spacegoods, plus he’s added Lions Mane supplements and reckons he’s felt a big difference… or is it placebo? (We discuss.)
  • Also: Adam’s unhealthy relationship with condensed milk. Yes, it’s a thing.

Main topic: impulsive spending

  • Amazon parcels turning up like it’s Christmas every day.
  • Adam’s dream car… the 15-year-old Fiat Doblo. The kids are not impressed.
  • Business expenses and “dodgy dealings” to buy a popcorn machine… which Adam then broke and had to replace the night before the party. Stress levels: biblical.
  • Adam’s official announcement: do not use eBay.
  • Is it all the dopamine of shiny new things? Is impulsivity massive in ADHD?
  • Does research lead to the right purchase… or is the final decision always impulsive anyway?
  • Is it exciting or does it drive Donna mad? (Spoiler: both.)
  • Temu chat, bargain dopamine hits, and flat pack drama.
  • Should Adam be allowed to online shop unsupervised? Should you buy brand new? Should “future me will figure it out” be banned as a lifestyle?
  • Out of sight, out of mind… especially with credit cards.
  • Should Adam set up an ADHD hobby swap shop? (Because the hobby graveyard is real.)
  • Obsessing over purchases: scouring Facebook Marketplace for days and weeks like it’s a second job.
  • The shame cycle (massive), and the comedown after the excitement wears off.
  • Does Donna feel betrayed… or is she an enabler? And will any bad purchases ever be returned? (Don’t be silly.)
  • Adam and Donna make a deal. Also: does anyone want to buy a popcorn machine?
  • The other side: money worries, relationship stress, and whether it’s all “fun” when the bills land.
  • Is Donna the responsible one… or does she spend just as much, just on boring family stuff?
  • Has one-click buying made everyone worse? Does anyone wait more than one day for delivery now?
  • Does social media make impulsive spending worse? Is it emotional spending? Should Adam buy a tent? (This becomes a real question.)

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