Money can be a fraught issue for most couples.
And no wonder.
“We tend to have rule books around money. And we get upset when someone doesn’t have the same game plan,” said Thomas Faupl, a licensed family and marriage therapist who specializes in financial therapy.
Not to mention that everybody’s money behaviors are influenced by their experiences around money growing up.
But you can defuse your disagreements so that they are not perpetually difficult — or fatal — for your relationship.
How?
Start by recognizing that money fights are usually about something bigger. Then explore what those bigger issues are so that you each can better hear where the other is coming from.
That’s just some of the advice Heather and Douglas Boneparth — an atto
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