If you are in a serious relationship or considering one, here's a list of bad money habits that could put a strain on what you've got going and hamper your chances of advancing to a better place with your partner.
1. No budgetary planning
The foremost step in staying financially controlled is creating a budget.
Now,
you may be following one already, but have you remodeled it to include
two people? No? Now might be the perfect time to start.
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You need to sit your partner down and reach an agreement on how money is to be spent and saved. (HuffPost)
2. Avoiding money talks
Many partners often think trust and openness is related to every aspect of their lives, except their finances. This is so false.
Revealing
to your partner your financial standing actually shows a level of
intimacy and many people will not do it until they have gotten to a
certain stage with that partner.
However, if your goal is to be in there for the long run, you have to face this conversation at some point.
Will
they be willing to have a joint account? In their opinion, what’s the
ideal percentage of one’s income that should be saved? You need to ask.
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If you intend to have a happy relationship ad marriage, you can't be hiding money secrets from your partner. (Shutterstock)
And for those that are already married, the responsibility to have these financial discussions is even higher.
3. Keeping money secrets
It is never wise to hide money secrets from your spouse/partner.
The idea of a relationship is to be as open as possible to each other.
Hiding
a financial secret from your partner who now stumbles on it by mistake
might be said to be just as bad as keeping a secret affair, especially
if the money secret is such a terrible one. [Does any celebrity and her
husband come to mind?]
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