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If you like to save for rainy days and he’d rather buy umbrellas, rain gear, and rubber boots when payday hits, then you’re coping with two different money personalities!
Here are five money fixes…but first, financial guru Suze Orman weighs in about money and relationships:“Opposites may attract, but I wouldn't put my money on a relationship of financial opposites,” says Orman.
But don’t worry: Just because Orman wouldn’t bet her money on a couple with two different money personalities doesn’t mean that couple is headed for relationship breakdown or serious financial problems!
The two basic money personalities are savers and spenders. If you’re a saver married to a spender – or a spender married to a saver – you’ll run into different relationship challenges than two spenders, or two savers.Here are five ways to deal with those money problems:
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“When money is removed from the table, love becomes its own currency,” says therapist Gilda Carle, Ph.D. “This is great news for relationships. Amid the doom and gloom, sizzling passion can build. And the “us against the economy” interaction creates an unflappable bond.”
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“I could write my own check, but I like him (husband) to give it to me. Money is sexy,” said Helen Gurley Brown.
Money is also powerful, and it can become a real beast in a relationship! Money can cause severe marriage or relationship problems - especially if you don’t have enough.According to Dr Judy Kuriansky, author of The Complete Idiot’s Guide to a Healthy Relationship, money is one of the top three sources of tension between couples. Sex and raising kids are the other two. In her book, Dr Judy lists “12 routes to derailing on the money track.”
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We Have all been there. Everybody is broke! Read More »
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Though, I'm feeling better now, I probably should get this all out before it comes back to attack me. So prepare for complaining... I'll start off my saying that I am a hypochondriac. That means that if I hear about a disease, I think I have it. So these white spots appeared on my skin, and these...
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Hi, I'm Andrea (or "Hola. Me llamo Andrea." for you Spanish-speakers). This is my first blog post, so forgive me if it's boring. Right now, my family (8, including me) is struggling. We're Seventh-Day Adventists and yet we're not prepared for what seems to be coming...
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Feeling better about family finances in the face of high gas and food prices, layoffs, and falling real estate values is especially challenging these days. It doesn't help that cries of "the sky is falling!" appear everywhere.
Not to minimize the real struggle many families are facing, but compared to our grandparents and their parents, some of whom suffered through the Depression, our woes aren't so big: Read More »
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