Love, Marriage & Money: Understanding and Achieving Financial Compatibility Before-And After-You Say "I Do"

by Alan Lavine and Gail Liberman

Book Overview

This acclaimed book is a one-stop guide to everything you need to know about your finances before, during and after a commitment. Powerful, yet fun to read, this is the first book to blend... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0793126614
• ISBN13: 9780793126613
• Release Date: May 1998
• Publisher: Kaplan Publishing
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 7.2" x 8.9"

Customer Reviews

A must read for couples!

This book provides excellent financial advice for couples, tackling issues every committed relationship will face- whether or not to get a prenuptial agreement, the pros and cons of having joint vs. separate accounts, legal, financial and emotional considerations around changing vs. not changing one's name, essential financial preparedness before starting a family, and what to do when illness or death strikes, to name a few. This book is well-written, insightful and humorous. The authors' candidly share some of their own trials and triumphs as a couple around money, which is refreshing and real. In addition to nuts-and-bolts financial information the authors give great suggestions on discussions you need to have with your partner around money and how to go about having them.

Couples' RX for Financial Security

I can't think of a better gift for young people about to wed. In simple, everyday terms, the book lays out a host of investment methods and strategies that have worked for the married co-authors whose syndicated column I read religiously. Especially light and interesting are the authors' cute asides about their own backgrounds, differences when it comes to handling money and how they resolve those differences. Included is a glossary of reference sources I find myself referring to from time to time. So far, my wife and I have given this book to two newlywed couples.

Bliss

Nobody said marriage or relationships would always be heaven on earth. Finally, though, the authors have given us a decent set of navigational tools for dealing with money and relationships. There is no other book like this on the market.

A Boot Camp Guide for Couples

A rewarding marriage is based on mutual goals, day-to-day communication, and a connection with each other. Love, Marriage & Money is a "boot camp" guide for couples to treat each other as equals in all decision making scenarios be it financial or otherwise.