Yahoo! Finance has a good series of articles from Suze Orman on money and marriage. Over the next couple of days, I'll be sharing these with you.
The first is called A Couple’s Guide to Managing Money. Suze starts it with something I agree with 100%:
"For my money, not being on the same page financially is a sure ticket to marital discord, if not divorce. Based on thousands of conversations with stressed-out spouses over the years—from newlyweds to couples working on their 20th anniversary—an inability to agree on money matters is one of the leading causes of busted relationships."
She then goes on to list just some of the financial issues couples must face -- and there are a lot of them. Then, she concludes:
"You get my point: money is front and center in our lives. So if you and your partner aren’t in financial sync, your marriage is going to be in deep trouble."
There is no arguing that money is a big part of marriage. Stay tuned for more marriage/money advice from Suze.
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