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Financial Infidelity Marriage and Money by Nikki Willhite There has been a lot of talk recently about financial infidelity. Financial infidelity is about being dishonest with your spouse about money. It can range from lying about the price of something you purchased, to secretly charging thousands of dollars on a credit card. I was watching a financial show the other day, and a woman called in who was married to a man that had previously,  (twice) , secretly run up one of their credit cards to an incredible sum of $100,000. This woman had a job with a hefty paycheck, so she was able to eventually pay it off. However, she told him that if he did it again, she would leave him. Well, he did it again- to the tune of another $100,000.  The woman who called in was only a few years away from retirement. Astonishingly, she did not want to leave this man. She just wanted to know if there was a way to separate their finances. She said she still loved him and wanted to be with him. Hello! Is anyone home? Why would someone want to stay with someone who doesn't love them? When someone does something like this man did to her, it shows that he neither respects her or her time, nor is he concerned about her happiness, security, or future well-being. Apparently a lot of people are guilty of financial infidelity. I am a forgiving person, and I'm sure I could deal with one incident, if my spouse went into counseling, got on his knees, begged like a dog, cried like a baby, cut up all his credit cards, and basically looked back on passing his last kidney stone as a happy memory. However, to let someone abuse you again and again, to the point that when you are weakest and most vulnerable you will be compromised, is unfathomable to me. LOVE DOES NOT CONQUER ALL. There are many things more important than love. Don't let anyone take your self respect, or hurt your well-being, now or in the future. At the first sign of anything of this nature, take control of the situation. Don't sweep financial fidelity under the carpet in the name of love. You will just end up hurting yourself, and your family. About the Author: Nikki Willhite, mother of 3 and an interior design graduate, has been writing and publishing articles on the topic of frugal living for over a decade. Visit her at www.frugalhappyfamilies.com - where you will find hundreds of frugal living tips and articles. Frugal Happy Families- more than just money!

 

 

 

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