Smart Wife
My sister-in-law pulled this con: She is married to a guy that was at the time really bad with money. Spending it on useless gadgets and a multitude of other things. He was even bankrupt previous to the marriage.
Anyway, for two years she took his ENTIRE paycheck away from him and told him that they owed the money to my wife and I… but that was just a cover. She was in actual fact hiding the money away so that when the day came that he wanted to buy a house, she revealed a massive savings account to afford the downpayment.
For two years that guy thought he was paying an imaginary debt and it kept him from wasting money. Pretty neat. Twist: She didn’t ever tell him about it.. he thinks the house downpayment was a gift… from my wife and I… LOL Story credit: Reddit / frmacleod