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Okay, ditching him is extreme. I think if you want change that is more constructive, think of it this way: your husband's shopping habits could be a symptom of a deeper problem. It is possible he's shopping as a way to fill a gap in his life. Of course, the shopping will only fill the gap for a day before he needs to fill it again. Maybe you should help him find a way to get more satisfaction out of life. Is there anything you know he likes but doesn't do anymore? Most people with damaging shopping habits are like that, and they need to realize the value of the simpler things in life. He needs to unplug from the consumer society perpetuated on TV and in billboards? Does he watch too much TV.
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Knowing that death is certain and that the time of death is uncertain, what's the most important thing?
—Bhikkhuni Pema Chödrön
Humankind cannot bear very much reality.
—From "Burnt Norton," Four Quartets (1936), T. S. Eliot
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