Given the option, would you and your other half rather talk about sex, religion, politics or money? Let me guess, it’s not money. When it comes to the most complex and avoided conversations you can have, money is often top of the list. Many couples find themselves dancing around the topic for years, sometimes even decades. But we do know that the less money is discussed, the more likely couples are to keep financial secrets, harbor resentments and spiral into disagreements.
Arguments about money have the potential to be especially toxic, because the topic is often rooted in emotional history. Researchers have shown there’s a direct link between divorce rates and the number of times a couple has argued about their
