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Financial infidelity is actually a pretty common problem

Woman on the phone at a bank, handling a card issue during her honeymoon, discovers husband’s hidden secret.

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Money problems can be a major hurdle in romantic relationships. A 2022studydiscovered that almost a third (30%) of couples suffered from financial infidelity in the year before.

When asked what form it took, people reported the following:

“Couples are likely to have varying levels of financial literacy,” Beverly Harzog, credit card expert at U.S. News & World Report,said. “The important thing is that they grow together and are able to make compromises when it comes to budgeting and spending.”

However, new research from Cornell University shows that when people experience financial stress, they are usually reluctant to talk to their significant other about it.

“When people feel stressed, they are more likely to think that if they initiate these conversations with their partner, it’s just going to lead to a fight, which is going to make them more stressed,”saidresearch co-author Emily Garbinsky, associate professor of marketing and management communication at Cornell.

Whether couples successfully address their financial issues largely comes down to how they answer one specific question: are those differences perpetual or are they solvable?

Couples who feel that their financial problems are perpetual are more likely to assume they have no solution, according to Cornell’s research.

Partners may feel they have fundamental differences in how they think about money, and therefore it’s not worth it to have a conversation where no solution exists, Garbinsky explained.

But if they view their issues as fixable and can reflect on times when they previously were able to reach a compromise with each other, partners are likely more willing to talk about money, the research found.

The story has received a lot of reactions

Reddit comment expressing humor about a husband’s financial secret during honeymoon.

Reddit comment about a woman’s bank call during honeymoon revealing husband’s secret.

Reddit comment saying, “You done messed up A-A-Ron,” referring to finding out husband’s secret.

Comment about marriage troubles: “That marriage is clearly off to a great start!

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Woman discovers husband’s secret while calling bank on honeymoon about card issue.

Reddit comment expressing surprise about husband’s card issue discovered by wife.

Comment saying, “I would have been dead. That’s terrible,” from a Reddit post about a bank and a husband’s secret.

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Comment about bank card issue on honeymoon and husband’s secret.

Reddit comment by gertvanjoe saying “whoops, tmi :)”.

Reddit comment saying, “This dude is not a winner,” with username and timestamp details.

Reddit comment saying, “Oh that is unfortunate…” with 2 points, 5 years ago.

Reddit comment about marriage annulment in a thread about a woman discovering a husband’s secret.

Some people even shared their own similar experiences

Text recounts a woman finding her husband’s financial secret on a bank call during her honeymoon.

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