When You Earn More Than Him

How not to allow a pay difference to ruin your relationship with your man

- Mo and Phindi Grootboom

MONEY isn’t everything in a relationship, your character is. Money can be anything you make it to be.Just like the colourless, transparent, odourless liquid we call water, on its own, money has no character. It assumes the character of the owner. What the money in your possession or lack thereof does, is to reveal the kind of person you are. It is incapable of making you behave a certain way as though that behaviour wasn’t in you in the first place.

COMMUNICATION IS KEY

The main thing to remember when dealing with finances is that most matters concerning money in a relationship aren’t really about money. Money reveals beliefs and attitudes about what you value most, and furthermore reveals deeper character issues about you. These are some of the reasons blending financial habits can be very challenging for any couple.

WREAK HAVOC

However, the truth of the matter is that couples have a tendency of making their conflict about money, and are even prepared to walk separate ways because of it.