Tag Archives: financial-infidelity
- What are some good companies to call about my huge amount of secret debt?
I’ve got to stop lying to myself and my husband who I have not told I owe not including my mortgage and student loans, $15-16,000 in heinous, frivolous purchases? Today I awoke from my spending stupor because I can no longer afford to pay my mostly maxed out cards AND OUR MORTGAGE. I deserve to [...]
- Are You Hiding Money From Your Spouse?
From time to time, I get feedback from Couple Money readers. It’s something that I enjoy and try to respond to. This weekend I received an email from M about a situation that he noticed at work. I thought it was an excellent question and I wanted to see what youthoughtabout it. Hiding Vacation Bonus [...]
- I Haven’t Been Honest With My Wife About Our Debt. – Brad
“Dear Steve, Married 8 years Two Kids Wife was home on Maternity leave in 06. I was mortage broker. Wife does not handle money stress well at all. Money was tight. I used credit cards and HELOC to meet bill obligations. Have about 55k in debt wife does not know about. She has recently started [...]
- Is Your Lover Cheating on You and Slowly Killing You Financially?
photo © 2010 Jaci Berkopec | more info (via: Wylio)A new study by the National Endowment for Financial Education and Forbes says 1 in 3 couples who have combined their finances, admit they have been keeping financial secrets from the other. The leading money crimes were hiding cash, minor purchases and bills. Meanwhile, a significant [...]
- Debt, Relationships, Fighting, Sexually Transmitted Debt and Financial Infidelity
Transcript Hi, this is Steve Rhode. I’m a consumer debt expert and some people even call me the get out of debt guy. If you are looking for me you can find me on Twitter @GetOutOfDebtGuy and on the web at GetOutofDebt.org. This time we are going to be talking about a serious subject, fighting [...]
- I Am Deep in Debt And My Husband Doesn’t Know. – Vicki
“Dear Steve, I have approx. 65-70K in credit card debt. I am in credit counseling. My current payment to them is $1600 a month, I have been paying this for almost 10 months. My husband does not know, I have kept this from him so he has no idea how bad it is. Due to [...]
- My Husband Doesn’t Know I’m $38,000 in Debt. – Natasha
“Dear Steve, I am in debt for $38,000.00 which my husband doesn’t know about. It all started about 5 years ago. I got a credit card in both our names. I was paying OK on the card, then another came in for 0% and I got that (in both names). After a while I couldn’t [...]
- John is Worried His Debt Will Scare Away His Fiancee
John wrote to me through the GetOutOfDebt.org site and asked the following question. If you have a credit or debt question you’d like to ask just use the online form. I’m happy to help you totally for free. Income from the GetOutOfDebt.org site advertising is used to help alleviate poverty. If you would like to [...]
- Therapist: Financial Infidelity Can End Couples
Therapist: Financial Infidelity Can End Couples Fox5 KVVU, NV - 41 minutes ago It can be anything from keeping credit card debt a secret to hiding money from a spouse. "I'd say finances and financial stress is one of the number one …