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By Jean Chatzky
We vote no on the idea of money as the root of all evil. But it does turn out to cause quite a bit of trouble in relationships and when it does you can likely point a finger toward one specific financial issue: debt.
More than half of all couples go into their partnerships with debt, and 40 percent say that this financial burden ends up having a negative impact on their relationships, according to a new Couples & Money study by Fidelity. Not only do couples disagree on whose responsibility the debt is 49 percent contradict one another as to exactly whos on the hook couples who are concerned about paying down debt are also more likely to suffer from poor commun…
Read the full article at: https://www.nbcnews.com/better/business/want-marital-bliss-divorce-debt-not-each-other-ncna948131
