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Managing personal finances is stressful. Maintaining long-term relationships can cause stress as well as delight. In combination, shared financial responsibilities and resources can be downright tricky. The authors, life partners, provide structure for exploring the habits, dreams, and emotions that impact financial management. Money Together builds understanding and financial agreement by providing opportunities to explore personal experiences and beliefs. Couples use the included questions to launch a nonthreatening, constructive conversation leading to greater understanding and cooperation. The work contains expert interviews, anecdotes, and questions covering financial-belief systems, mistakes, individual contributions, divisions of power, and risk factors. Questions range from “how does your childhood influence your lifestyle now?” to “how confident are you in managing money?” and “what financial goals do you want to reach in the next three years?” The resulting conversations will draw out unspoken assumptions, emotions, and expectations, leading toward financial harmony. While every relationship has unique circumstances, Money Together offers strategies for everyone to reach greater understanding and unity. Recommended for public-library collections.