Money

Personal Finance for Couples

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Managing finances — when you’re married or in a relationship — can get tricky.

There are working spouses who get by on a weekly allowance, after turning over their entire monthly salary to their partners. I’m a working wife but count me out of that arrangement. I believe in freedom and empowerment.

But if one partner is super organized and imposes a full turnover of funds because she (or he) thinks the other will spend it buying non-essentials, that’s another story. There’s also the matter of some people just being better at taking care of every peso earned.

Kiva: Empowering others for P1,000

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When you next find yourself in a “giving to strangers” mood, consider taking your credit card and heading over to Kiva.org.

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