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The most important decision when sharing finances

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Couples often fall into sharing finances without truly discussing the arrangements they make. There is an important action they need to take. … Read More

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Should you do financial coaching with or without your partner?

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It’s worth determining how much of the financial coaching journey you want to go on involves your partner, or you and you alone. … Read More

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How not sharing all finances can reduce conflict in your relationships

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Sharing all finances with a partner is a viable strategy, but it comes with the risk of conflict, such that it might not be worth it. I once heard a story about a married couple. They had an “All-In” agreement … Read More … Read More

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Don’t let your husband manage all of your money

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In our culture, it’s not uncommon for a woman to let her husband take care of all of the household finances. Here’s why that’s a problem. Disclaimer: I’m going to leap into the mono- and heteronormative for this post, but … Read More … Read More

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Should you let your partner handle your money for you?

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When you share finances with a partner, you can outsource the budgeting to the one who is most interested, but there are good reasons not to. After doing this for many years, I’ve learned a surprising fact: not everyone is … Read More … Read More

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The Semi-Joint Life: How partners can (partially) combine their finances

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When partners wish to share finances without going all-in, there is more than one way to set up both individual and joint accounts to maximize everyone’s feelings of autonomy and connection. I believe that there are four main ways that … Read More … Read More

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How to combine finances when you’re non-monogamous

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  So, if you’ve been following along, I talked about commingling finances for couples, and the importance of talking about dreams to get on board together. Then I hedged a bit and talked about how speaking solely of couples is inadequate, … Read More … Read More

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The importance of a shared financial strategy for couples

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  In my post about how couples can combine their finances, I ended by stating that if there was any wrong answer on the many ways that such commingling was possible, it was to not talk about your strategy. If … Read More … Read More

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How couples can combine their finances

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  So, you found that special someone, and decided to take the leap, either toward cohabitation, or civil union, or marriage, or anything that merits the phrase “take the leap“. Congrats! I bet one thing you’re not thinking about in all … Read More … Read More

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