Financial Disaster root cause of Common Marriage Problems

Financial Problems cont.....

The biggest step in resolving common marriage problems, including financial problems in a marriage, is accepting they exist and being prepared to do something about it.

Then, if you are serious about wanting to turn your life around and save your marriage you need to understand the true extent of the problem.

The first step towards resolving the financial problems in your marriage is to sit down, with your partner, and list your income and all your expenditure. No arguments, no blame, no character attacks just calmly discuss all your financial outgoings and list them down.

·        Be totally honest about what you are spending whether you partner knows about it or not.

·        This is the time to be totally open and honest about your financial problems. Your marriage will have less of a chance if you don't lay all your cards on the table.

·        If you are going to sort this financial mess out you cannot have any secrets. Too many people keep financial secrets from their partners and so often such actions lead to the end of their marriage. Don’t be one of those marriage casualties, it’s not kind and it’s not clever, it’s just down right stupid.

·        Disclose how much you owe on credit cards, store cards, loans and any other outstanding financial liabilities, both jointly and independently.

Once you have your comprehensive list and you exactly what you spend each month and how much you owe in interest on cards and loans your next step in resolving your financial problems is to start going through each item one by one and working out how to reduce your outgoings and, if possible, increase your income.

Resolving common marriage problems is a two-way street, to resolve your financial issues you both have to make short term sacrifices for long term gain!!

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