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"Can two walk together, except they be agreed?"
Book review: Things I wish I'd known before we got married
GARY'S STORY
Karolyn rather quickly was hired by one of the professors at the University, and I found a job at the local bank. Neither of us made a lot of money but it was enough to pay the rent on our student apartment, the utilities, and the gas for the car, as well as put food on the table. Neither of us bought any clothes for three years. When I finished my graduate studies and began my first my first full-time employment, we had a grand total of $150.
In those years, we had no money problems because we had no money. As long as a couple agrees to sacrifice temporarily in order to reach a stated objectives, in our case graduate school, as long as there is enough income to pay for the necessities, they are not likely to have marital struggles about money. Our struggles came when after we started "making money."
After three years of sacrifice, we were both excited about spending. However, we had very different ideas about what purchases we should make and when. With no plan in place, finances became for us what it has become for many couples - a battlefield.
The point I am making is that if we had developed a plan before marriage, we would have saved ourselves a lot of useless fighting.
To be continued tomorrow by God's grace
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