This will happen in your marriage when you work with me.
You will be able to talk about money & sex in a way you never knew before.
Being open about where you are now.
Being honest and open about where you have been (sometimes it is useful to look at what us there).
Being open and – dare I say – COMFORTABLE – when talking about where you want to be.
What you want that to look like.
Where, exactly, and for what reason, are you uncomfortable spending money the way that you have for the last 5+ years.
Because the stress it brings is no longer tolerable.
Or so it seems.
You can punch a pillow only so many times until the thing comes apart at its seams, right?
Same principle here.
Plus, it gets in the way of your closeness.
And making decisions from a place of utter blindfolded-ness – that’s when you have no idea what’s here (hence, the blindfold ), what’s there but you keep making decisions AS IF you knew.
From ignorance.
Sheer, pure, ignorance.
You can’t make money decisions from that place.
It might work out once, sort of.
But it won’t work out long term.
You have to be willing – and ready – to look under the proverbial ‘hood’.
—How much do we have and where?
—What do we owe and where?
—How much are we spending and where?
—How much are we saving and where?
And talking through it all without one (or both of you) running out of the room, losing your ever loving minds.
Are we good with where we are spending, how we do it, and how we talk about it – before, during, and after.
Oh, and don’t be mistaken.
This happens, and is necessary, whether we are talking about tens, or hundreds or thousands.
Math doesn’t discriminate.
I don’t know if it’s just the tax season but a lot of my conversations have lately been about money.
So we tackle it together at first.
They walk out talking about a freedom and togetherness they hadn’t ever felt.
And they learn how to do it together, for the rest of their life.
This, right here – this is how closeness is built.
One conversation at a time.
How would you like to get to that level of closeness, that level of togetherness?
It’s possible for you two also.
In case you needed to hear that today.