Money And Marriage

Money is not the sole reason for happiness in a relationship, let alone a marriage. Despite this the truth remains that money has an effect on how happy a marriage is. I know someone out there will oppose and say love is all that matters but its not at all true. Love is the foundation to a happy marriage. This doesn't mean its enough because money is one of the things require to build on that foundation in most cases. Where there is money love flourishes as there are less arguments and stress in the relationship. Picture a scenario where only $100 is the monthly household income and monthly expenditure is $100 or more.This causes stresses which find a way to manifest as moods and in turn arguments. Now imagine this scenario repeated over a time period of 12 months. Now imagine a lifetime. This is a recipe for total meltdown. Love may exist still in this situation but it becomes harder to express as you are focusing on your stresses and not your marriage. Any failure to get money, any misuse of money and any rise in the cost of expenses becomes a cause of argument. Once you reach stability more than half of your stresses are alleviated.

Love begins to show itself more.

In conclusion the reason of this article is to urge people to be stable before getting married. Failure to apply this simple piece of advice results in the above stated. You do not need a million dollars to be happy. Stability is all you need. All you need is enough.
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