You Paid How Much For That?: How to Win at Money Without Losing at Love - Softcover

Jenkins, Natalie H.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0787958883 ISBN 13: 9780787958886

Publisher: Jossey-Bass, 2002

Synopsis

Money is the number one problem area for couples because money isn't simply about dollars and cents. If you scratch the surface of almost any money issue, you'll find a relationship issue complicating if not actually driving the problem. That's why You Paid How Much For That? not only sound reveals principles of money management but also provides you with practical tools to uncover and understand the deeper, often hidden meanings of money and conquer the problems it raises in your relationship. You Paid How Much For That? can help you to * Learn how a Saver and Spender can live together-happily! * Gain a healthy respect for what money can-and can't-do for you. * Understand how your upbringing, culture, and gender influence how you and your partner approach relationships and money differently. * Find out how to solve problems together in ways that promote teamwork. * Discover practical ways to get what you both want most. * Capture a vision for a prosperous and loving future together.

About this title

Review:

"So often we aren't even aware of what money means to us--much less to our partner. This book guides you through the maze and--imagine this--actually shows you how to use money to increase love and intimacy! It will help you to have not only better financial future, but also a better marriage and a better life. Buy this book, it's worth its weight in gold." --Diane Sollee, director, Coalition for Marriage, Family and Couples Education and www.smartmarriages.com

Synopsis:

This book presents the cure for the No. 1 reason for conflict in marriage. From the team that wrote the bestselling book "Fighting for Your Marriage" comes a hands-on guide for couples to use from honeymoon to retirement that will help them resolve their money issues. Frequent fights about money are often symptoms of deeper problems such as power dynamics, struggles over appropriate gender roles, addictive impulses, and other interpersonal conflicts. Step-by-step the authors show how to understand these underlying issues and overcome the day-to-day struggles of financial conflict, the biggest cause of stress and breakups in relationships. In addition to offering solid advice for strengthening a relationship, this handy guide also includes excellent information on lifelong financial planning that is based on more than twenty-five years of original research in the field of marriage and money. Natalie H. Jenkins (Denver, CO) is Vice President and Marketing Director of PREP (Prevention and Relationship Enhancement Program). Scott M.

Stanley (Denver, Co) is a cofounder (with Howard Markman and Susan Blumberg) of PREP and coauthor of "Fighting for Your Marriage, New and Revised" (Jossey-Bass: 0-7879-5744-5). William C. Bailey (Fayetteville, AR) teaches family economics and attitudes toward money at the University of Arkansas. Howard J. Markman (Denver, CO) is a cofounder of PREP and coauthor of "Fighting for Your Marriage, New and Revised".

About this edition

• Publisher: Jossey-Bass
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0787958883
• ISBN 13: 9780787958886
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 412