You met your dream guy, he seems to have an understanding heart but he’s lacking in terms of financial. In fact you earn more than he does. But who cares! Love can endure all and the two of you decided to get married.
Within a year, you give birth to your first son, then the reality starts hitting you. You have to pay for the day care, the car installment, the house rent, the groceries, the diapers and milk and you find it hard to sleep at night thinking how much bills you still need to pay, and without you expecting it, you got pregnant again with the second child.
Your Mr.Right is still earning as much as he earned 3 years ago and you wonder whether you make the right decision when you decide to marry him…
It’s hard to stay in love when money is the problem. Especially in a situation in which one partner thinks that he or she is contributing more and the other person is just enjoying the greater reward from the hard work. Like a partnership business, every partner should contribute equally though some times we hardly recognize the contribution especially when it does not materialize in terms of wealth and money.
I was reading about personal finance when I came across this article about secrets to marital and money bliss. If you read through the article you will realize that the answer to any marital problem be it money or otherwise lies in the art of communication. Marriage is more than sharing the bed, is a sharing of feeling and mind.
If you are not happy with how things go, it’s better to make a smaller wave of conflict now than to let it burrow inside and later erupted like hurricane or tsunami. If you need help, whether you are planning to get hitched or have been married, check these six money mistakes of newlyweds. Hope it will help you survive the early years of married life.
