financial intimacy

Financial Intimacy: How To Create A Healthy Relationship With Your Money And Your Mate by Jacquette M. Timmons

Financial Intimacy is quite different from any other financially focused books I have read thus far.  I discovered this new book in our local library database and I thought I would check it out.

I read it from cover to cover and found it interesting.  The author first presents stories of several women from varying backgrounds, ethnicities, and income levels, and shows how their relationship to money affected their relationship with their mates.

The author points out throughout her book that a person’s relationship with money really dictates the rest of their lives.  In fact, she suggests that it’s really not about money at all, but how you relate to money is really all about choices and lifestyle and beliefs.  It’s important to note that most women want to feel taken care of and she refers to this as the “Prince Charming Effect”.

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