Are money fights the worst fights?
by Mira and Charles on January 15th, 2010What do you fight about? And how often? This is important. New research shows that of all kinds of fights, fights over finances were most likely to lead to divorce. And not only that, but how often you fight about money makes a big difference. A couple that fights over money once a week is 30 percent more likely to get a divorce than a couple whose money fights take place a three times a month.
This is serious, and scary. There are a lot of couples having money problems in this time of unemployment, less income, foreclosures, and so on. And of course money problems usually mean money fights. But do they have to? That is the question.
The answer is a big NO. It’s not money problems but not knowing how to deal with them as a couple that leads to at least half of the money-related divorces. In other words, you could cut your risk of divorce, which you need like a hole in the head, in half if you knew how to have money fights.
Let me hear from you why you fight about money, and in the coming week I’ll write a blog based on your needs about how to resolve your money fights in a constructive, not destructive, way.
In the meantime, are you’re thinking, gee, I wonder if things have gone too far? Maybe we just shouldn’t be together. Well, check out Too Good to Leave, Too Bad to Stay for the best help available. It’s clarified things for millions of people. It can clarify things for you.
If fighting about money is ruining your marriage, you might need professional help. Contact us here at The Chestnut Hill Institute. We not only have years and years of experience with money/marriage issues, but you can see a professor of marriage therapy who also happens to have an MBA. Whatever you throw at us, we can handle.
