By far the biggest marriage problems that a couple faces are in the area of money and finances. Mostly the breakdown of finances can be attributed to the lack of communication about them. It is important to note that no matter who is handling the finances in your marriage, both partners need to be aware of what is happening as far as money is concerned.
Being the financial workhorse of the family is fine and may feel like your pulling your share of the load but if there's no discussion you're putting your spouse in a bad situation if something were to happen to you. How would they know when and where to pay the bills to? The spouse is now in a tough place, they were relying on you and now you're not there.
By withholding financial information it's creating a negative situation even if you think you're being protective of your spouse. You have to talk about it, positive and negative, everyone needs to be aware of what's going on. Talking every day is probably overkill, but once every several months might be a good schedule for this meeting.
If you are looking to better communicate with your spouse on finances, then you have two ways you can go about this. You can either set up separate accounts and separate responsibilities and this works well for some couples, or you can choose to provide a budget book for your spouse, keeping a running tab and accounting for bills as they are paid, etc. This will allow both you and your spouse to see the comings and goings of the money without having to have long discussions about it every day.
So it's important for both of you to need to know the details, don't create gaps in your communications around finances. No matter whether it's negative, both partners need to be on the same page, pulling in the same direction.
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