Why is it difficult to discuss money and financial issues?
Money and finances have deep meanings for people that go to deep layers of their psyche. For example, many consider money to be an extremely private issue that they are unwilling to share another. Friends may discuss stock investments but never their personal finances, incomes and overall wealth. Money relates directly to issues of high or low self-esteem, feelings of success or failure, power or weakness and what some may judge to be an individual’s social conscience or economic exploitation of others. Money also relates to self perceived feelings of dependence or independence. I have known a few cases where a new wife had no idea how much money their husband earned. This is not openness and not a fortuitous way to begin a marriage. These issues and problems come to bear on marriage and family life: Newly weds must resolve how to handle their finances and this is no easy task because it impinges on and can even threaten feeling about autonomy and independence. Many people enter into m
