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Megan_Smiles Joined Tue 04/08/08 Posts: 526	Sun 07/20/08 07:39 AM
Do you think financial statues and the ability to handle money well play a big roll in who you or others choose as a partner?

beachbum069 Joined Mon 04/07/08 Posts: 14325	Sun 07/20/08 07:40 AM
Yes. My last relationship suffered due to overspending.

MisKim323 Joined Sat 06/28/08 Posts: 14563	Sun 07/20/08 07:42 AM
Yeah....love of my life stopped speaking when I told him I got laid off....killed me

Megan_Smiles Joined Tue 04/08/08 Posts: 526	Sun 07/20/08 07:44 AM
Yeah....love of my life stopped speaking when I told him I got laid off....killed me Oh honey I'm so sorry to hear that.

RKISIT Joined Tue 01/08/08 Posts: 16721	Sun 07/20/08 07:44 AM
love dont pay bills,or put food on your table.

tanyaann Joined Mon 12/03/07 Posts: 32220	Sun 07/20/08 07:45 AM
Financial status... not too much as long as my partner is contributing to the household.. ability to handle money, yes that is important. However, when you enter into a relationship it is important to discuss those matters. The number one reason for divorce is financial matters and another important matter that influences divorce is division of labor... who will do what chores within the home/yard etc. Relationships need good communication. And if both of you communication about financial matters and spending and bills etc... things should go smoothly.

Poetrywriter Joined Sun 10/14/07 Posts: 22675	Sun 07/20/08 07:45 AM
Alas, it is true that people base their love interest decisions too many times on the contents of one's wallet or bank account when it should be based on the contents of their heart. I would much rather be poor and in love than rich and lonely!

mmmike Joined Sat 10/13/07 Posts: 556	Sun 07/20/08 07:46 AM
yes have money to have a girl friend seems to me anyway

BobbyJ Joined Fri 02/22/08 Posts: 1368	Sun 07/20/08 07:47 AM
A woman's financial status has never affected my choice in who I date. I don't really think that my status affected the women who dated me, either. Curiously though, women I have met have told me to be wary of women looking only for money. Either I have never run into them or I'm too naive to notice them when I do.

Megan_Smiles Joined Tue 04/08/08 Posts: 526	Sun 07/20/08 07:47 AM
Financial status... not too much as long as my partner is contributing to the household.. ability to handle money, yes that is important. However, when you enter into a relationship it is important to discuss those matters. The number one reason for divorce is financial matters and another important matter that influences divorce is division of labor... who will do what chores within the home/yard etc. Relationships need good communication. And if both of you communication about financial matters and spending and bills etc... things should go smoothly. Yeah well, as much as I would like to agree that good communication is the best thing for a relationship, I tried that with my last boyfriend and everytime I tried to talk to him he would just act like he didn't care and that he had no thought on the matter.

HeSearches Joined Sat 02/23/08 Posts: 312	Sun 07/20/08 07:47 AM
If this is a relationship that may lead to marriage, then you need to be on the same page together when it comes to spending and saving habits. Financial stress is one of the leading causes of breakups between a man and a woman. If you cannot accomodate each other on this point then you need to either change your habits or move onto another relationship because this one is eventually going to breakup.

Megan_Smiles Joined Tue 04/08/08 Posts: 526	Sun 07/20/08 07:49 AM
Alas, it is true that people base their love interest decisions too many times on the contents of one's wallet or bank account when it should be based on the contents of their heart. I would much rather be poor and in love than rich and lonely! I tend to live in a dream land such as that one

MisKim323 Joined Sat 06/28/08 Posts: 14563	Sun 07/20/08 07:52 AM
Alas, it is true that people base their love interest decisions too many times on the contents of one's wallet or bank account when it should be based on the contents of their heart. I would much rather be poor and in love than rich and lonely! I tend to live in a dream land such as that one Me too...I mean..miles apart...not asking for anything...hmmmmm...anyway.....my dream was forever...love should not fail when the money gets tight...this is a time to unite and be there in my opinion

SKPCG Joined Mon 03/03/08 Posts: 14708	Sun 07/20/08 07:53 AM
I'm not one to expect a high earner, but I do expect that the man have a grip on his finances and spending. My ex-husband was not good with finances at all. Not what led to our ultimate failure, but it surely was a bad situation and made things worse.

tanyaann Joined Mon 12/03/07 Posts: 32220	Sun 07/20/08 07:53 AM
Megan, then that wasn't good communication b/c communication takes at least two people.

sam53 Joined Wed 03/12/08 Posts: 2073	Sun 07/20/08 07:53 AM
Do you think financial statues and the ability to handle money well play a big roll in who you or others choose as a partner? Absolutely . Money is happiness . Money is life .

sam53 Joined Wed 03/12/08 Posts: 2073	Sun 07/20/08 07:53 AM Edited by sam53 on Sun 07/20/08 07:59 AM
Double Post .

astrosfan Joined Thu 09/07/06 Posts: 450	Sun 07/20/08 07:54 AM
of course it does!!

stardust50 Joined Tue 06/03/08 Posts: 542	Sun 07/20/08 07:56 AM
Do you think financial statues and the ability to handle money well play a big roll in who you or others choose as a partner? Absolutely . Money is happiness . Money is life . How sad but true..........I work for a bank so my partner always expected me to handle everything and pull it out my a$$ when we are short. But I guess that is why I never married and I am a single mom now.

lcjw Joined Thu 10/11/07 Posts: 8594	Sun 07/20/08 08:07 AM
Do you think financial statues and the ability to handle money well play a big roll in who you or others choose as a partner? Absolutely! also, ambition to be somebody better, not only as a person, but also in his career.