Budget Bad Word

I’m Miriam Neff, and I’m Valerie Neff Hogan, with Wise Women Managing Money.

M Are the words ‘money,’ and ‘budget,’ on your bad words list?  Let’s change that.  Even if you are weathering a crisis and your financial footing is shifting, you can make important changes that benefit your relationships, and even come to enjoy tracking your budget.

V OK Mom, we’re not all feeling that right now.  In fact, we know that financial differences are listed in the top reasons for marriages that fail.  So consider, mastering together what you spend within what you earn, will bring more peace to your marriage.

M Bob and I came to a point where we enjoyed doing our budget.  Lots of communication and compromise. Start talking.  Listen carefully.  Eventually money and budget won’t be on the bad words list.