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Money Talks to Have Before Marriage

From: DR

Hey all, i think this is a very sensible article. some might say its "unromantic" but it is one of those things that we need to talk about and think about. Do read.

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http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/24/your-money/24money.html

The risk that any marriage will end in divorce is about 45 percent, according to David Popenoe, a professor of sociology.

“It’s almost impossible to be hooked up to somebody who has the same balance of spender and saver as you, or expansiveness versus conservativeness or financial circumstances,” says Gregory A. Kuhlman, a New York City psychologist who runs marriage success training programs with his wife, Patricia Schell Kuhlman.

What follows is a list of four financial issues that ought to be near the top of the discussion list before getting married - ancestry, credit, control, affluence.

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