Finances and Relationships - Taking on Tough Topics

Communicating about finances is vital for healthy relationships.

Finances can get you in trouble with your partner faster than anything. So these tips will help guide you, from learning how to talk about finances with your partner to dealing with the super-important topics.

Take your first steps towards building a strong financial future together by learning to communicate, setting firm goals and blending different personalities.

These articles will get you started!

Getting Started on Your Financial Journey Together

• Learning how to talk about money is the first step towards taking control of your financial future when you are working with someone else.
• Learning about finances with your partner can be an important step towards conquering your finances together.
• One of the best ways to move forward as a team is to have clear financial goals.
• Sometimes it might be good to keep separate banking accounts. Here are some suggestions to consider.
• Having a joint spending account can be great as long as you can learn to blend opposite financial personalities.
• Review your finances each year together so you can assess where you stand and what your goals should be moving forward.

Making Financial Decisions With Your Partner

• Having a long-term financial plan is one of the key steps to acting together as a team. See how to build your plan rock-solid.
• Do you have a spouse who is reluctant to discuss finances? Here are thoughts on how to encourage your partner to take interest.
• When you have a partner, you have more than one person's spending habits to consider in a family budget. Here are tips for understanding your partner's spending habits.
• How do you make finances work when you have one partner who spends more and one partner who is more of a tightwad?
• Maybe the problem is that both of you are breaking the budget. Here are tips for cutting back on spending together.
• It's important to budget some spending money and consider the needs of both spouses in order to have some "fun money" to play with.
• Ready to take the next big step together? Here are tips for purchasing a home together.

Talking About the Tough Stuff

• Sometimes things aren't always easy; here are some tips for how to resolve serious financial problems.
• Lots of people consider the possibility of caring for a parent physically, but what about helping our parents with finances? Might be time to have the tough conversations.
• When is it time to take control of the finances for someone else? It's never an easy decision, but here are some red-flag warning signs.
• Talking about your true desires can be a tough topic sometimes, but it is necessary for creating a workable financial plan for your family.
• So you've made a budget and you're sticking to it. But what happens when you need to change the financial plan?
• Dealing with the in-laws can be a challenge in the best of times, but how do you survive a vacation with them? We've got you covered.
• Blending a family means more than just blending multiple personalities; you have to also consider how to combine finances

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