When you are single, it is relatively easy to make your own decisions about how you handle your income and expenses. When you join in a relationship, you must decide how both of you will manage your finances. This is often a major area of conflict for couples who do not prepare and plan for the issues that may arise. Discussing these with a counselor is one of the many benefits of relationship therapy.
Other Issues Are Easier to Agree
Choosing which bed to purchase, the home you will share and live in and the number of trees to plant in your garden are usually easier to agree in comparison to how you will spend your money.
There are many difficult issues that may arise out of how you manage your finances when you are in any relationship.
One of you may give up work to look after children, leaving the other to bring in all the income. How will you both think and react to the spending habits of the other?
One of the great benefits of relationship therapy is being able to meet with a skilled counselor who will listen to both of your opinions and help you raise issues that you had maybe not considered before.
Where one of you is cautious, and the other prepared to spend without thinking, areas of conflict will arise in the future. The benefits of relationship therapy will help you recognize when the situations arise and help guide you towards a resolution of those conflicts before they become danger signals for your relationship.
By forming a financial strategy for your future, you will both have targets and goals which may be joint and individual to help you manage your family finances.
By being open, with your conversations, your saving and spending habits will be better understood by your partner and any mismatch and disagreements will lead to communication and skills you have learned through the therapy.
