Introducing the Financing Your Family Blog
June 27, 2007 by Mommy Zabs
Filed under Family, Marriage
Finances are the #1 cause for divorce.
Money is the root of evil
EDIT: The LOVE of money is the root of all evil. Rightly corrected by Karen! Thank You! Amazing how one word omission can change something so much.
Most marital fights are about finances.
Being that most of my commenters (I would say readers but I have many more readers than commenters so I don’t know who you all are!) are in a marriage and/or have families I thought it would be good to point you to a brand new blog with it’s focus on finances for family. It is authored by a Christian and the things I have read so far are sound, encouraging, and wise. Please Check out the FINANCING YOUR FAMILY blog.
Because of the importance of this issue and the relevance to my intended readership I will be adding this to my ‘useful links’ menu as opposed to my blog roll.
Enjoy
-Mommy Zabs
kjames on Wed, 27th Jun 2007 10:53 pm
i have to take issue with the declaration that “money is the root of evil”. i don’t believe that anywhere in the bible does it say that (feel free to correct me if i’m wrong!). it says the LOVE of money. there’s a huge difference. money, in itself, can be very very helpful. and really, when used correctly is somewhat neutral.
on a different note, i have to say that i am so so glad that money has never been a point of contention in my marriage. randy and i are pretty equal in how we look at spending and saving… and in 12 years there has never been a fight about cash. let’s hope that continues.
now OTHER things… well…
OH KAREN YOU ARE SO RIGHT I WILL FIX IT RIGHT NOW! I kept thinking it looked wrong and couldn’t figure it out. How silly of me I should have looked it up! Thanks for pointing this out so quickly. I think it is wondeful you and Randy have never fought about money. We have. But mostly it is the lack of communication we have regarding money which we are both guilty of in very different ways
Mark A on Thu, 28th Jun 2007 1:18 am
Well, as the author of Financing Your Family, I would like to thank you for adding me to your blogroll, and if there are any particular financial issues you would like me to discuss, let me know, I have a wide range of resources available to answer any question.
Thanks for coming by again Mark. I will for sure let you know if I come up with any questions!
Jen on Thu, 28th Jun 2007 9:56 am
This was an issue when we first got married. Jer was a spend it, charge it, just buy it whether you have money for it or not. I am a saver, hate having debt hanging over my head, and we had A LOT when we got married. I immediately set up a plan to start paying off our debt but first we had to combine our bank account. It took a couple checks and small arguments before Jer finally deposited his paychecks into OUR account. After a few months he began to see what we were accomplishing together and got excited. We haven’t had a argument about it since.
Then we began listening to Dave Ramsey (after hearing Kyle talk about him so much!) and realized we had already been doing his plan and we were encouraged hearing daily stories of others getting a handle on their money.
It’s been 21 months since we started paying off debt and we’ve paid off $44,000! We still have a long way to go (our goal is to be debt free by Feb. 2009) but it’s been a good journey. Jer has truly changed the way he sees money and has even been encouraging me lately with our “debt snowball”. It’s amazing what you can do when you work together.
Jen, You totally rock! That is awesome. $44,000 in debt wiped out, that is literally inspiring considering you haven’t even been married that long. I think it is wonderful that Jeremy came to the point where he was able to humble himself and listen to you too! Thank you for sharing that.
mayur on Tue, 17th Mar 2009 3:13 am
i agree with this blog coz in most families differences are created due to capital so normally it happens in joint family so for avoiding it all family member need to cooperate with each other