10 Ways Love Affects Your Money
It’s Valentine’s Day, which is always a good time to talk about relationships, love, and money. So how does love affect your money? Let me count the ways. (Yes, that’s an intentional reference to Elizabeth Barrett Browning's Sonnet 43 in case you need a love sonnet today). How Love Affects Your Money Whether your relationship is costing or saving you money, the impacts love can have on your finances can vary. Here are 10 ways love affects your money. 1. Costs of Dating Let’s start with the earliest stage of love, dating. We won’t lie. Dating can be costly. First, there are the costs of dates themselves, including drinks, dinner, shows, and weekends away. Even if you don’t pay for these, there are also indirect costs, such as the cost…
