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[quote=Anonymous]“ It's definitely been trial and error within our relationship trying to figure out the money aspect. I was very uncomfortable talking about money for a long time at the beginning of our relationship. It took a lot of work on my own to be open about my completely open about my financial situation, which I think has lowered my anxiety around money a lot.

Things have evened out now as we both earn enough to support ourselves independently, but for the majority of our relationship he has made around 4x my salary. I think the most issues in our relationship to money come from long term spending, like planning for retirement. He doesn't want to feel like he is spending other people's money to subsidize his lifestyle if that makes sense. We try to make as many decisions together as possible, but it historically has come down to my decision at the end of the day as we are usually pulling money from my accounts to purchase. When we were looking at properties in DC, we decided on a few factors that were really important to us and looked at properties that fit that criteria. We narrowed down a list and my husband gave me his input, but I made the final decision on what we wanted to make an offer on. This probably doesn't work for every relationship (he's easy going to a fault) but it's what has worked for us for now. Going forward I'd like to work on him seeing himself as an equal partner in all our decisions, but I'm not sure what the best way to do that is.”

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