The 12 biggest reasons we fight over finances - MSN Money

It's an emotional battlefield: Superheated 'discussions' with your partner about who's spending, who's saving, and how. Caution: You may spot yourself in here.

By MP Dunleavey

When I started doing research for this column, asking what sorts of money fights people have, every single couple said the same thing: "Well, we don't really fight about money."

Right, right, right, I'd have to say, backing away from the inferno of lies. "But we all have the occasional teensy squabble, right?"

Even then people were hesitant. "Well . . . maybe," they'd say.

One woman described how her husband took away her credit card one day. Not that they fought about it. Nah.

Or take another couple I know. I was at their house recently when the husband came home from work with a new drum set. He hadn't planned to drop $500 on drums that day, he explained as he unloaded the car. He just saw a classified ad and thought, why not?

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