Comments on: Friday Financial Foul Ups: How Getting Married Wrecked My Finances

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Fri, 12 Mar 2010 11:28:14 +0000

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By: Clayton

Clayton — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 02:00:50 +0000

my wife and I did pre marital counseling and seriously spent hundreds of hours talking about finances and money and all. It has still been challenging, but openly talking and not accusing each other when money is missing and just going and finding where it got spent has helped us a lot.

By: Ken

Ken — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 01:22:21 +0000

I would say you best know your future spouse’s attitude toward debt BEFORE marriage. It doesn’t take long to know what they’re like. Spending behavior tells the picture pretty clearly. Hats off to Mrs. Micah for choosing a spouse based on his money habits and perspective. We each have to decide what we can live with or without.

By: Jesse

Jesse — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 20:10:22 +0000

I agree, this can be a problem. For us, we eloped, and got married younger than most people ever would which meant that we had very little income, and even less debt. We racked up some debt together but still not too much and we realized the error of our ways earlier enough before we were too deep that we aren’t having too much trouble climbing back out. Not to say that we haven’t made any mistakes, but I think we dealt with marriage pretty well

By: Mr. Micah

Mr. Micah — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 00:48:32 +0000

@Jane

Thanks for trying to defend my honor, but Mrs. Micah is better than me when it comes to getting an education and making wise financial decisions!

Sure, her parents are richer than mine, and I’ve already had to pay for grad school . . . but still. She got way better scholarships than I did at the undergraduate level. And her GPA at the undergraduate was higher than mine. And she was an honors student, and I wasn’t. And her GRE scores kicked mine in the proverbial bum (i.e., she’ll get much better scholarships and stipends and whatnot at the graduate level than I’ve received).

In other words, she’s smarter than me when it comes to getting university degrees, and she’s made better financial decisions than I have. If that doesn’t make her better than me, at least with respect to both those hugely important life skills, I don’t know what would.

But her being better than me makes her hot. And that means that I win, in the end, because — of the two of us — I married the more successful partner. I’m better than her when it comes to picking spouses.

By: Mrs. Micah

Mrs. Micah — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 22:37:10 +0000

Well yes, he’s priceless. As for the rest, I’m better at some things, so I handle them, he’s better at others, so he handles them, and we both keep each other in the loop. Works well.

By: Jane

Jane — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 20:54:14 +0000

Hope he’s worth MORE than only $100,000 lol. And also, hope you don’t think you’re better than he is, just because he has more debt than you. That’s a recipe for disaster.

When is Brian going to start posting his own stuff?

By: Mrs. Money

Mrs. Money — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 15:58:19 +0000

My husband had what I call the “debt shoebox” full of collection notices and bills he was ignoring… Thankfully it was under $5,000 and I helped him pay it off and learn how to manage money better. I’m glad I didn’t leave him too.