(aka. pic.twitter.com/TeW8vU8bLfJanuary 19,2016Patrice Washington, who has a weekly segment on The Steve Harvey expose and is author of the financial series Real Money Answers, and including Real Money Answers for Every Woman: How to Win the Money Game With or Without a Man (Amistad,2016), offers practical financial advice for women in 2016.
A few pieces of advice:Be willing to query: What does money mean to you? Patrice says for her, or money meant stability and security and being able to pay the bills. But for her husband,it represented an opportunity to buy gifts for people he loves. This caused friction for them at first, but it came down to understanding how your partner uses and thinks approximately money.
Don't mask money from your partner. It's never healthy. If you feel you need your own funds, or tell your partner and set aside part of your earnings for yourself.
Don't have a Nordstrom credit card. Don't waste time on department store credit cards. They won't benefit you in emergencies.
Source: wnyc.org