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The problem is that some couples are just bad at talking especially about money.
Charley is a self-described opportunistic spender.
When I see it arrive, I use it, he said.
However, combined expenditures like vacations and even groceries made financial friction inevitable.
Both are reasonable and self-aware.
Sethi just thinks they need to talk.
The next question was how they feel about money right now.
The third was how they wanted to feel about money in the future.
The couple got through all three questions without mentioningactual dollars and cents.
I think that was a really good first conversation about money, said Sethi.
It has no numbers.
Its all about, Where are we today?
Take an honest stock.
Where do we want to go?
And then theresplenty and plentyof time for you to explore all those questions that you talked about.
$250?
Even though they have acombined net worthof $4.2 million, they still squabble over relatively minor purchases.
I was like, Can we just just buy a bike?
I dont really care anymore which one… We have a net worth of $4.2 million.
Ghosts in Our Head About Money
Megan and Ryan both approach money fromreasonable but conflicting mindsets.
Sethi was delighted with the results, which he believed signaled the first step to better money communication.
Because sometimes we have these ghosts in our head about money, like, Oh my God.
If Im talking about wanting to do this, then that means I have to spend money on it.
But that doesnt seem to be the case for either of you.
Youre both, like, totally playing ball here.
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