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WSJ Your Money Briefing

How to Talk About Your Debt While Navigating the Dating Scene

WSJ Your Money Briefing

The Wall Street Journal

News, Business News

3.81.6K Ratings

🗓️ 6 February 2025

⏱️ 8 minutes

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Summary

Between student loans, car loans, and other financial obligations, debt can be a dating deal breaker. But it doesn’t have to be. Wall Street Journal senior platform editor Julia Munslow joins host Ariana Aspuru to discuss why it’s important to talk about money when getting to know someone romantically and how to support a partner with debt. Sign up for the WSJ's free Markets A.M. newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Here's your money briefing for

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Thursday, February 6. I'm

0:36.3

Ariana Aspuru for the Wall Street Journal.

0:41.2

Navigating the dating scene can have its highs and lows. Tack on hefty credit card balances,

0:47.5

student loans, and other financial obligations, and finding someone special can become

0:52.9

complicated.

0:59.5

If you're dating casually, if you're just getting out there for fun, it's okay to not disclose your debt.

1:00.1

But if you're doing it and you are hoping to find that forever person, it's important to talk

1:06.0

about it at some point.

1:07.8

So how can you discuss your money problems without souring the mood? We talk with

1:12.6

Wall Street Journal Senior Platform editor Julia Munslow after the break. Romance can be filled with flowers, chocolates, and a heartfelt conversation about your finances, including your debt.

1:40.6

Wall Street Journal's senior platform editor Julia Munslow joins me.

1:44.6

Julia, what kind of financial problems can weigh on a person when they're dating?

1:49.0

There can be a lot of different financial problems when you're dating.

1:52.4

Really, my story is about debt, but there are so many different kinds of debt that someone can have,

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