{"id":278,"date":"2011-07-25T06:05:49","date_gmt":"2011-07-25T13:05:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/add-vodka.com\/?p=278"},"modified":"2015-08-04T13:10:12","modified_gmt":"2015-08-04T20:10:12","slug":"when-you-dont-know-how-much-your-partner-makes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/add-vodka.com\/when-you-dont-know-how-much-your-partner-makes\/","title":{"rendered":"Full Money Disclosure in a Relationship"},"content":{"rendered":"

A couple of years ago, I was listening to the radio and the host was talking about people who didn’t know how much\u00a0their partner made. He asked for some listeners to call in and weigh in on whether they knew how much their husband or wife made, or if they were blissfully unaware.<\/p>\n

Surprisingly enough, a couple of people called in that had been married for YEARS and still didn’t know how much money their partner makes. Some of them didn’t even care. They said that as long as s\/he contributed to the household bills, they weren’t concerned about not knowing.<\/p>\n

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I was taken aback. Who doesn’t know how much money their significant other makes? Even just a general idea; I’m not even talking about down to the last cent. But just a general idea?!<\/p>\n

I understand that if you are not married yet, or if you just started dating and don’t live together. That makes sense. There is such a cultural taboo against talking about salaries that some people just don’t approach the subject. But one of these people had been married for 10 or 11 years. To the same person. She’d never known how much her husband made, and he didn’t know her salary either.<\/p>\n

There are a few issues with this that I can see:<\/p>\n

1. Trust<\/h3>\n

It’s possible that the couple’s secrecy is indicative of a trust issue in the marriage. If you can’t trust your partner to know how much you make, how can you trust them to fulfill other duties and obligations of marriage?<\/p>\n

Perhaps the salary is embarrassingly low or maybe too high, and therefore the partner who is hiding it doesn’t want his or her spouse to wonder why he or she doesn’t have more saved.<\/p>\n

2. Financial Well Being<\/h3>\n

Finances should have full disclosure in a partnership<\/a>, for the most part, especially when you are married. It is important for both members of the couple to be able to work together to build a strong financial future together. That simply can’t be done if there is no salary disclosure.<\/p>\n

For instance, if\u00a0one of the partners got laid off , how would the couple be able to budget to make sure they could meet their bill requirements? What about if they had kids and one of the parents took some time off for maternity or paternity leave.\u00a0\u00a0How would that partner\u00a0know that they could stay afloat?<\/p>\n

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This really baffles me. I’ve always known how much J makes and vice versa.\u00a0 He knows how much I make as well. We have common goals <\/a>and while we each pay half of everything except for maybe date nights, we don’t have a common bank account. Even so, we both make it a priority to ensure we give each other full financial disclosure so we can work toward goals and dreams as a team.<\/p>\n

Readers – do you know how much your partner makes – or ex partner – do your parents know how much each other make? Somebody try to explain this madness.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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