How to break through the financial conversation barriers with your partner
(BPT) – For most people, personal finances are a private matter. When you are in a relationship, it can be difficult to discuss this typically taboo subject of a financial conversation. Whether you have been married for years or are just beginning to date, fear of your partner judging your financial choices (big or small) runs deep.
Money challenges can create stress and cause walls to form in a relationship. Financial conflicts have even worse repercussions. Tackling the topic head-on can lead to a deeper understanding of each other’s financial history, emotions and goals for the future.
In fact, talking about personal finance, while not a particularly romantic topic of conversation, builds intimacy in any relationship, according to View full post…
When you say “for better or for worse” you never envision that the “for worse” could mean financial woes. If you have debt, it is best to clear it up before marriage. Learning how to manage money will prevent you both from repeating the same past financial mistakes and will also ensure that you are both on the same spending and saving page.
It’s a proven fact that when it comes to managing money, very few couples are soul mates. One of you will be a saver and the other will be a spender. In conjunction with that, one is more conservative while the other is probably more prone to be more of a risk taker. Taking those facts into account, both are convinced that their way of thinking is the right way. Wow!
Do you and your spouse ever fight over how to manage money? If so, please read on to see what damage this may be causing to your marriage. It may be a lot more than you realize.
Whether we like to admit it or not, discussions on how to manage money, or the lack of it in some cases, is the primary cause of divorce today. Perhaps we should take that concept a bit further, and say that the lack of communication, e.g., discussion of finances, leads many couples to the divorce lawyer.
