Can Money Problems Ruin Your Relationship?

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The rich get richer and the poor get poorer… So they say..

Well if you have two individuals working towards a life and future together can money come between them?

If you feel you cannot express or talk to your partner about your finances what do you do? I become frustrated inside and then when something happens that triggers all these feelings I explode with anger and distress…

I guess a lack of communication and overspending can lead you into deep financial woes. The real issue is a sense of responsibility and who is responsible for what in a relationship.

Responsibilities – Just like taking your trash can to the curb each week. We have things we are responsible for within a relationship. We have to communicate to see who’s “job” it is to pay the bills each month and who’s “income” the money is coming from.

When you live on your own you do it all, but when you have a partner in life you share these responsibilities and need to have a game plan each month no matter where the money is coming from.

What if the plan fails? Bills pile up and you cannot get ahead? When the money is such an issue you cannot cope, then what do you do?

What do you do? What stories can you share?

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