Financial issues exact a toll on any relationship. Long before you know you are living way over your means, the weight of debt wreaks havoc in your life. Invariably, a simple lack of communication concerning money is at fault. This is where Certified Financial planner James V. Beatty saves the dayToo frequently with money, couples confront two choices: argue and risk making the situation worse, or stay silent and risk making the situation worse. financial ever after provides a third option: family financial fluency-the insight, knowledge, and language every couple needs to talk successfully about money.
James V. Beatty, Couples Getting Good With Money covers any and all financial issues that couples face, including budgeting, deciding on whether to have joint or individual accounts, dividing up family financial chores, confronting debt, making major purchases, as well as handling mortgages, employment and children. He gives hundreds of real-life situations between couples, with scripts and recommendations for how to tackle touchy money-related matters with your significant other, whether he or she has a bad credit history or is feeling left out of family financial decision-making
A must-read for every couple starting out, couples getting good with money sets the basis for having a healthy and flourishing financial life together.
