A Love Language™ MinuteWhen it comes to finances, it's critically important for couples to work out their spending priorities together. Handling your finances individually will lead to divisions.
Doctor Gary Chapman with a love language minute.
In my book Happily Ever After, there's a chapter called Profit Sharing The Chapman Guide to Making Money an Asset to Your Marriage. I discovered that one of the most common problems is that couples do not feel like partners in this part of the marriage. Often the husband so controls the money that the wife feels like a child on an allowance, or the wife will control the money and the husband feels left out. Obviously someone must balance the checkbook and keep the bills paid, but this does not mean that they control the money. We are a team and must work together. The Bible says two are better than one. That is certainly true in money management. If you keep the books, you might ask your spouse, do you feel like a partner or a child? Take their answer seriously and make adjustments as needed.
Doctor Gary Chapman is the author of The Five Love Languages. For more, visit five Love Languages. Com.
