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Hey cuties, it's Marielle.
Happy Valentine's Day.
Now, when you hear Valentine's Day, you probably think chocolates and roses, dim lighting and mood music.
Here at Life Kit, we'd like you to add something to that list.
Money.
We want you to talk about money with your partner or whoever you're dating.
Yeah, maybe it's not the sexiest topic, especially if you don't have a lot of money, but it is a huge factor in relationships.
Shay Harris Pierre is a licensed professional counselor and certified financial therapist and she says couples have all kinds of disagreements about money.
There's my partner spends too much or I don't want to spend money in this way and my partner wants to spend money in that way and it's not important to me.
My partner doesn't know a lot about money or didn't come from the same kind of lifestyle or background that I do.
A lot of couples end up in my office when it comes to parenting and how they want to talk to their kids about money or how they want to build their life together.
Do we want to pay for our kids college?
Do we want them to, you know, pay for it themselves?
Or like those?
Transition times are also a big moment of conflict for couples as well.
Whether you're in a committed relationship or just on a first date, if you're in the realm of romance, money is going to come up and we need to know how to talk about it.