37: Is Financial Infidelity Really as Bad as It Sounds?

Girl on FIRE

🎙 This week, I’m giving you a ton of food for thought. We’re talking about financial infidelity — what it is, when it happens, why it’s so bad and why A LOT of people think it’s worse than cheating. But we’re also going to take a good look at the concept of financial infidelity and discuss whether it’s really that bad. 🤔

This episode discusses topics like:

🌟 What financial infidelity is, why it’s so damaging to relationships and when it’s likely to occur;

🌟 How to combat the likelihood of falling victim to financial infidelity and what that means for your finances; and

🌟 Whether financial infidelity is really that bad and how to determine where the line is in your relationship.

Links from this episode:

Episode transcript and show notes: https://www.papermoneyco.com/gof37

15 Million People Are Hiding This Secret From Their Partner: https://www.bustle.com/p/is-financial-infidelity-worse-than-physical-cheating-nearly-a-third-of-americans-think-so-survey-finds-7995032

Time codes:

00:00 Hello and Welcome!

02:50 What Is Financial Infidelity and Why Is It So Bad?

05:08 Financial Infidelity and Relationships

06:33 What Does Financial Infidelity Mean for You?

12:30 Sponsor - FIRE and Investment Calculator Spreadsheet

14:22 Moral Dilemmas

22:19 Housekeeping Update

27:49 Next Weeks’ Episode

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