The Crucial Caveat
Now, here’s a crucial caveat: None of these feelings mean we have to blindly give in to them. We shouldn’t irresponsibly spend money we don’t have, and we should be mature enough to understand each other and stop knee-jerk reactions that stem from insecurity. We should be able to talk about money issues without getting defensive or irritated. But we have to understand each other (and ourselves!) first.
Neither of those scenarios demonstrates a lack of love or caring. We’re just very different in many ways. And we respond to money differently based on our wiring. So hiding beneath that drive-you-nuts behavior is a spouse who wants to please you and love you well. It just takes a little understanding to see it. If you and your spouse want to better understand each other and build a great relationship about all things money-related, find out more here.
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