How to get on the same page about money with your partner

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🗓️ 13 February 2025

⏱️ 24 minutes

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How financially compatible are you with your partner? Is your partner a spender while you're a saver? Are you on the same page about saving for retirement? Financial therapist Shay Harris-Pierre explains how couples can examine their spending habits, work through money conflicts and align their financial goals.

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0:00.0	This message comes from Money for Couples, a new book and podcast that help you and your partner build and share financial vision.
0:07.8	Discover clear, actionable steps for spending and saving that bring you closer together.
0:13.1	Start your financial future today.
0:15.4	Search Money for Couples wherever you listen.
0:18.7	You're listening to Life Kit from NPR.
0:23.6	Hey, cuties, it's Mariel.
0:26.2	Happy Valentine's Day.
0:29.7	Now, when you hear Valentine's Day,
0:31.5	you probably think chocolates and roses,
0:34.4	dim lighting and mood music.
0:36.8	Here at LifeKit,
0:39.2	we'd like you to add something to that list.
0:46.7	Money. We want you to talk about money with your partner or whoever you're dating. Yeah,
0:51.2	maybe it's not the sexiest topic, especially if you don't have a lot of money, but it is a huge factor in relationships. Shea Harris-Pierre is a licensed professional counselor and certified financial therapist, and she
0:58.2	says couples have all kinds of disagreements about money.
1:01.1	There's, my partner spends too much, or I don't want to spend money in this way, and my partner
1:08.0	wants to spend money in that way, and it's not important to me. My partner
1:12.1	doesn't know a lot about money or didn't come from the same kind of lifestyle or background that I do.
1:18.8	A lot of couples end up in my office when it comes to parenting and how they want to talk to
1:26.2	their kids about money or how they want to
1:28.6	build their life together. Do we want to pay for our kids college? Do we want them to, you know,
1:34.8	pay for it themselves? Or like those transition times are also a big moment of conflict for couples as well.
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