In my previous post, I discussed the different financial advice men and women get and finding someone financially compatible was a high priority of mine when dating. I got more questions about how we thought about combining finances, and I wanted to share some thoughts. Especially once we began to talk about moving in together and getting engaged, a specific set of questions came up: how do you merge finances with someone else? How do you talk about money and make sure you’re on the same page financially? Here were a few pieces of advice that helped us in our financial discussions:
Read MoreSomething Jason and I often discuss is where unconscious biases about women come from. There are many, many sources, but something that stands out to me as infuriating is the advice men and women get about money.
When I first met Jason, he sent out his laundry and ordered takeout every night. My first thought was about how much money he could save if he just cooked a little and did his own laundry on weekends. I offered to show him some cheap and easy recipes. But Jason pointed out something that hadn’t really occurred to me - the value of his own time.
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