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Relationship Advice: Money’s Tight? Quick tips to keep your relationship strong
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Relationships are facing more and more stress with the recession; foreclosures, loss of jobs, worry about money, arguing about money, decreased income, loss of stocks, etc. Many relationships are drastically hurting because their finances are declining. While in a hard time, relationships are supposed to be the comfort zone, the place to decompress and get soothed….especially in such an economic crisis. But that isn’t the case in some relationships.
Don’t be one those couples suffering simply because the bank account has dropped. Here are a few tips on keeping your connection strong while handling economic stress: Read More→
$20 Date Night Tips: Keeping your Relationship Strong when Money is Tight(Series 1)
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Many couples have the stress with finances and struggle to keep the marriage securely attached. Marriage needs to be nurtured, similar to growing a flower. It needs sun light, water, nutrients from the soil, and time to grow.
A few years back, my husband was in school and I was starting my therapy practice. We didn’t have much money at the time, yet wanted to keep the relationship strong and connected. We started a game called $20 Date Night. We scheduled every Friday night for date night and we switched off with creating the date. The goal of date night is to create a date with only spending $20. To our surprise, we came up with many dates for $20 or less; it just took imagination and creativity. To this day, we continue or date night challenge… Read More→
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