First Comes Love, Then Comes Money: A Couple's Guide to Financial Communication

by Bethany Palmer, Scott Palmer

Overview

Happy Couples Know How to Talk About Money

The number one cause for divorce is financial infidelity. Now "The Money Couple" reveals the missing ingredient needed before any financial program or plan can work: healthy financial communication. This book tells you how to:

• Diagnose your level of financial infidelity
• Identify your individual Money Personality
• Master the Money Huddle and the Money Dump
• Achieve financial goals once and for all

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780061863851
Publisher:	HarperCollins
Publication date:	03/10/2009
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	208
File size:	820 KB

About the Author

Bethany and Scott Palmer, otherwise known as "The Money Couple," are financial advisers and lead the financial planning company Envoy Financial, which represents 650 ministries and 12,000 clients. They are the authors of Cents and Sensibility and live in Colorado with their two young sons.

Bethany and Scott Palmer, otherwise known as "The Money Couple," are financial advisers and lead the financial planning company Envoy Financial, which represents 650 ministries and 12,000 clients. They are the authors of Cents and Sensibility and live in Colorado with their two young sons.

Table of Contents

Introduction 1

Section 1 Getting to Know You All Over Again

One The Truth About Financial Infidelity 7

Two Discovering Your Money Personality 23

Three When Money Personalities Collide 53

Section 2 Digging Deeper

Four How Bad Is It? Finding Your Financial Infidelity Quotient 85

Five Confronting the Causes of Financial Infidelity 95

Section 3 Starting Again

Six Eight Simple Rules for Fighting Fair 125

Seven The Money Dump: Getting It All on the Table 139

Eight The Key to Restoring Your Financial Relationship 151

Appendices

Money Personalities at a Glance 171

Money Huddle Quick Tips 173

The Money Couple Answers Your Questions 177

Acknowledgments 191

Notes 193

What People are Saying About This

Ellie Lofaro

“[The Palmers] offer practical help and hope to those who long to deftly navigate the unpredictable waters of financial fidelity. The sooner you adopt the Palmer’s no-nonsense balanced perspectives—the better off you will be—in many more ways than one!”

Jimmy Evans

“I love this book! Scott and Bethany Palmer are money experts who have had to work through real issues in their marriage. Every couple should read this book and give it as a gift to others they care about.”

Brent Kessel

“The Palmers shine a bright and much needed light on the biggest problem most couples face: money. Packed with easy-to-use tools, this book will help you assess and dramatically improve the health of your financial and intimate relationships.”

Laura Schlessinger

“I keep reminding couples that challenges such as financial problems should be met by turning ‘to’ each other, and not by turning ‘on’ each other. This book goes a long way to helping couples become a team.”

Editorial Reviews

I love this book! Scott and Bethany Palmer are money experts who have had to work through real issues in their marriage. Every couple should read this book and give it as a gift to others they care about.” — Jimmy Evans, President and Founder, MarriageToday

“I keep reminding couples that challenges such as financial problems should be met by turning ‘to’ each other, and not by turning ‘on’ each other. This book goes a long way to helping couples become a team.” — Dr. Laura Schlessinger, Internationally Syndicated Radio Talk Host, Author of In Praise of Stay-at-Home Moms

“The Palmers shine a bright and much needed light on the biggest problem most couples face: money. Packed with easy-to-use tools, this book will help you assess and dramatically improve the health of your financial and intimate relationships.” — Brent Kessel, CFP, author of It’s Not About the Money

“[The Palmers] offer practical help and hope to those who long to deftly navigate the unpredictable waters of financial fidelity. The sooner you adopt the Palmer’s no-nonsense balanced perspectives—the better off you will be—in many more ways than one!” — Ellie Lofaro, author of Spaghetti for the Soul

From the Publisher

The Palmers shine a bright and much needed light on the biggest problem most couples face: money. Packed with easy-to-use tools, this book will help you assess and dramatically improve the health of your financial and intimate relationships.

Brent Kessel

[The Palmers] offer practical help and hope to those who long to deftly navigate the unpredictable waters of financial fidelity. The sooner you adopt the Palmer’s no-nonsense balanced perspectives—the better off you will be—in many more ways than one!

Ellie Lofaro

I love this book! Scott and Bethany Palmer are money experts who have had to work through real issues in their marriage. Every couple should read this book and give it as a gift to others they care about.

Jimmy Evans

I keep reminding couples that challenges such as financial problems should be met by turning ‘to’ each other, and not by turning ‘on’ each other. This book goes a long way to helping couples become a team.

Dr. Laura Schlessinger

"I keep reminding couples that challenges such as financial problems should be met by turning ‘to’ each other, and not by turning ‘on’ each other. This book goes a long way to helping couples become a team."

Doctor - Laura Schlessinger