You’ve fallen in love. And now you’re planning on spending the rest of your life with that special someone. As you hold each other’s hands you’ll discuss how many children to have, what you’ll do with your careers and even what your perfect house looks like. While it’s important to share those thoughts, you don’t want to forget a subject that is a major cause of failed marriages.
An important element of any successful marriage is the ability to handle money together. And that can be a challenge. Think about it for a moment. If you put any two people together you can almost bet that their views on money will differ. One may look at money as a way to buy things. To another money equals status. Still others seem to go through life without any real regard for money. And that’s not surprising. We relate to money uniquely due to a number of different influences in our lives. Everything from our childhood experiences to our philosophy on life will impact the way we use and view money. Each of us will make financial decisions based on a framework that seems logical to us
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