Financial Problems Are Not a Death Sentence: How to Cope with Lack of Money Together with Your Partner
Financial difficulties are perhaps the most common problem that almost all couples face.
It's one thing when you have to deny yourself a cup of your favorite espresso, but it's quite another when your last pair of jeans just got torn and you don't have the money for new ones.
Let's figure out how to survive financial difficulties together and maintain your relationship.
The first disagreements about finances may arise already at the beginning of the relationship. In this case, a simple list of income and expenses will help.
Once you have both of these in place, taking into account unforeseen situations, it is important to constantly monitor your expenses so that money does not flow out of your family for expenses not included in the list.
If a crisis occurs in a couple who have been together for a long time, it is important to adhere to the following plan of action:
- discuss financial difficulties openly with your partner;
- to come up with a common budget;
- make a plan of further action that will help you get out of the current situation.
It is important to listen to your partner's opinion when he or she expresses his or her point of view on the situation, and to think about whether you yourself can somehow influence the crisis and help get out of it.
