Love and Money: How to Increase Financial Intimacy with Your Partner

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Do you keep “spending secrets” from your spouse or significant other?

Has a difference in how much risk you’re comfortable taking with your investments and retirement savings caused friction in your relationship?

Do you feel envious at times of friends, neighbors or family members who have more wealth than you do?

If you were a lot wealthier, would your sex life change in any significant way?

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Take Our Love and Money Financial Self-Assessment

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Money is the leading cause of marital and relationship troubles.  Do you think you and your partner are compatible when it comes to finances?

Money is the leading cause of marital and relationship troubles
40% of married couples have serious, recurring arguments about money

According to a Survey by American Express, 91% of couples avoid even talking about finances, household expenses and debt with their partner.1 Twelve percent said they’ve never talked about money with their spouse and some of the 2000 U.S. adults that participated indicated they knew their partner’s weight but not their salary.

Money is the leading cause of marital and relationship troubles
40% of married couples have serious, recurring arguments about money

All is fair in love and war…

  • Money causes more stress than intimacy (11%), children (9%) and in-laws (4%) and 40% of married couples have serious, recurring arguments about money
  • 27% of respondents misrepresented the amount of a purchase to their partner
  • 30% have hidden purchases from their partner
  • 56% of couples felt they have made a financial mistake in their relationship, ranging from spending too much on their wedding to buying a house at the top of the market

If they could go back in time…

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