Dalvin Brown
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364 appearances
7 recordings
1 series
first heard May 2024
last heard Nov 2024
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With more dual income households and more women entering higher paying jobs, there's a shift toward financial independence and fairness.
And women are really pushing this trend.
Evidence of that is showing up in a lot of different places from the apps saying that women are more likely to download them, more likely to initiate split bills with their partners, more likely to...
enter bills on the app or start conversations on the app.
There's a big push for this from women.
And as their economic power increases, it's driving a push for more equitable financial arrangements in their partnerships.
Studies show that married couples who don't merge finances tend to be less happy and more likely to struggle with communication, which can ultimately lead to divorce or separation.
However, you can find a solution that works for both partners, and that's key.
One of the researchers that I talked to said that, you know, as long as you are transparent and regularly communicating about your finances and not intentionally hiding what you're spending money on, then you might be fine.
they seem to have each found a system that works for both of them.
So one couple that I spoke to is very intentional on updating a spreadsheet and contributing based on the amount of money that they make.
The ratio changes every time one of them gets a raise, and they document everything and make sure that they are splitting things evenly and fairly, and they're documenting almost every penny.
But there's other couples that I spoke to, one of which lives solely off of the husband's paycheck while the wife also works full time.
She's able to save her money and do whatever she wants with her money.
And she turns around and often surprises him with gifts.
And he can't see that she bought them because they don't split an account.
And there's also a couple I spoke to that does pool everything.
And so when they are buying gifts, they're buying it with their money versus his or her money.
So they're really figuring out what works best for them.
And financial advisors say that's what's really important.
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