Comments on: Working with Your Spouse Financially http://www.productivity501.com/working-with-your-spouse-finacially/478/ Pieces of the productivity puzzle. Sun, 14 Mar 2010 10:55:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: College and Career Planning http://www.productivity501.com/working-with-your-spouse-finacially/478/comment-page-1/#comment-131188 College and Career Planning Mon, 09 Nov 2009 05:23:22 +0000 http://www.productivity501.com/working-with-your-spouse-finacially/478/#comment-131188 I have to try this "Try to give instead of take". So that this time it would be different and let's see what happens. I have to try this “Try to give instead of take”. So that this time it would be different and let’s see what happens.

]]> By: Long Road To Wealth http://www.productivity501.com/working-with-your-spouse-finacially/478/comment-page-1/#comment-23484 Long Road To Wealth Thu, 06 Mar 2008 15:00:46 +0000 http://www.productivity501.com/working-with-your-spouse-finacially/478/#comment-23484 [...] “just because” card allows any date you come up with to be romantic. If you have been Working With Your Spouse Financially, it’s very easy to plan a cheap date because she (or he) will be on the same page. Then, [...] [...] “just because” card allows any date you come up with to be romantic. If you have been Working With Your Spouse Financially, it’s very easy to plan a cheap date because she (or he) will be on the same page. Then, [...]

]]> By: Graham Lutz http://www.productivity501.com/working-with-your-spouse-finacially/478/comment-page-1/#comment-23376 Graham Lutz Wed, 05 Mar 2008 18:49:09 +0000 http://www.productivity501.com/working-with-your-spouse-finacially/478/#comment-23376 If you must have a competition, have a competition to see who can save the most. what I do is every time I make a purchase, I asked for $1 back in quarters. The quarters are put in a big, empty water jug and then used for some sort of family outing (i.e. ice cream, a nice dinner, or a trip if you wait long enough). If you must have a competition, have a competition to see who can save the most. what I do is every time I make a purchase, I asked for $1 back in quarters. The quarters are put in a big, empty water jug and then used for some sort of family outing (i.e. ice cream, a nice dinner, or a trip if you wait long enough).

]]> By: Mike King http://www.productivity501.com/working-with-your-spouse-finacially/478/comment-page-1/#comment-23363 Mike King Wed, 05 Mar 2008 13:24:35 +0000 http://www.productivity501.com/working-with-your-spouse-finacially/478/#comment-23363 I am assuming you mixed up what you were trying to say after, "Try to Give instead of Take " where you wrote: This works much better than when both parties are doing their best to take as much as possible. Learning the giving part can be really tough and one thing that has helped me is to give EVERYTHING you and your spouse buy to each other. So, when you are shopping together, always pay for the things the other person is actually wanting by offering to buy it FOR them. Say your wife is buying some new shoes, offer to buy them for her. If one spouse needs a new tool, plant or book, or movie, offer to buy it for the other person instead of them buying it for them self. Its simple, but helps to learn that attitude of giving. I am assuming you mixed up what you were trying to say after, “Try to Give instead of Take ” where you wrote:
This works much better than when both parties are doing their best to take as much as possible.

Learning the giving part can be really tough and one thing that has helped me is to give EVERYTHING you and your spouse buy to each other. So, when you are shopping together, always pay for the things the other person is actually wanting by offering to buy it FOR them. Say your wife is buying some new shoes, offer to buy them for her. If one spouse needs a new tool, plant or book, or movie, offer to buy it for the other person instead of them buying it for them self. Its simple, but helps to learn that attitude of giving.

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