Now I have to conceal the fact that I paid off my credit cards from my wife. In her mind, it will be like I treated myself to some lavish indulgence...went to Atlantic City, got a hooker, blew the kid's college fund in a dice game...I wish. The sad reality is I was still paying 30% interest for repairs on a car we haven't owned in 2 years. I'm like the United States in this arrangement. Everyone else is feeding at my trough, driving nice cars, going on vacations, etc and I'm running deficits. I have to make myself great again.