How to have the awkward money conversation with your significant other

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Published 2024-04-20
eharmony psychologist Sharon Draper shares the best way to have the awkward money conversation with your partner.

New eharmony research reveals Australians looking for love are placing a higher premium on financial responsibility in a partner.

Being non-judgmental and understanding is key according to Ms Draper.

“The way we personally think about money or have an understanding of money is due to our upbringing, or how our parents modelled money,” she told Sky News Australia.

“We can’t expect that our partner, or our potential partner, is going to have that exact same experience.

“So go into it with a very open mind - you are just trying to understand, you’re not judging.

“It needs to be an ongoing, honest conversation.”
All Comments (18)
  • @Brains_Into_Monuments.
    Great to see the ridiculous Mr. Hoyle's unsubstantiated projective whinging being removed. Thanks YT :goodvibes:
  • @user-km7nr8wl1t
    Got news for you skynews modern women's hypergamy has been a known problem for a little while now they want 6 figure men but they ain't getting those men because those men have options.
  • @isomorph7954
    There's a fine line between that awkward conversation and coercive control, and increasingly, the law is sticking it's snout in the trough.
  • @user-fe1hy9xv3s
    people being concerned about anothers finances are gold diggers, that's why they want to know before hand.
  • @billo47
    I cant live without sky news experts . Thanks.
  • @henrymancini3750
    When they ask about your finances, you're looking at a gold digger. Leave immediately.
  • @fluffycat6489
    Isnt e harmony a dating site where people are only after money? You can build a family together and finances together aslong as your both working and have a plan for a career.
  • @Shtapens
    So what about snoring, eharmony psychologist Sharon Draper, please?
  • @DanielSMatthews
    How to have the significant money conversation with your awkward other.
  • @David_Beames
    The SNA interviewer, who is not named (she's a woman so they don't bother) says at 0:24 "Whatever happened to good old-fashioned love" Then at 1:56 "It's such a touchy subject, particularly for someone like me that loves shopping" Is this intentional satire?
  • @user-fe1hy9xv3s
    online dating is for the dregs of society anyway. Eharmony doesn't provide any service other than make themselves money from other peoples 'loneliness'.