Is money the cause of arguements in your family?

oh yeah, me and my husband dont argue a lot but when we do it has something to do with money. that really is the reason why i decided to work eventhough i have a six month old baby. it's such a difficult decision but i feel that making my own money would avoid these arguments, because i really hate it when money becomes an issue. now i can decide freely what to do with my hardearned money!i'm not so happy though because i can't be with my baby all the time:(

Yes money is sometimes the cause of fighting within the family. It cant be avoidid because as the song goes money makes the world go round. And money is always a part of our lives. Life on earth is hard without money. We cant say that money is for nothing.

Let me congratulate you for the 25 years of marriage first! Not may people (especially nowadays) can brag about that! The answer to you question: it isn't. We try our best to make enough money, in order to live a decent life. We don't blame each other for incidental money lack/loss, because we know we are trying our best and trust each other.

In the past the money were a problem in my family,but not because they did;nt existed,because they were seen as something very important.Today,i have my own family,and are days when we don't have lot of money,but we don't fight because of then,they are only pice of paper!

Yes there have been many arguments in my family due to money. Mainly because I have got myself into so much financially difficulty over the years and it's my mother that has 'bailed' me out so many times in the past. I am trying really hard these days not to get into bad debt again, as I don't want to let her down.

Money has been a cause of arguments in the families nowadays because of the high cost of living and as well the increasing needs and as well wants of the members of the family. My parents are happily married for almost 26 years and im very happy to say that money was never the cause of arguments at home ever. We are four siblings in the family and go to a private school and even three of us were able to finished college with a bachelors degree. Acording to my mom, from the very start of their marriage, they promise to each other that they will never fight over money so what they did was they divided the expenses accordingly. Since both of them are working full time, my mom takes care of paying the house bills and as well buying the groceries and foods while my father takes care of our education expenses. I guess its just the proper way of bugeting all the earnings and as well how each other communicates regarding what the needs are.

Congratulations on a happy 25th anniversary, and for having the sense to do what you needed to do to get your marriage back on track. Growing up money was a source of friction between my parents (Dad used to hoard money like you woudln't believe and would rather be able to sy that we had $750,000 in whatever than to enjoy SOME of that...) but I'm determined not to let that ruin my current relationship. Sweetheart and I have talked about it. At this point he is the primary income-earner, but I am working on a few ideas that I hope will even things out a bit.

Money is definitely an issue between me and my parents. The reason why is that my brother squandered money away ($40k), while they were struggling to pay for the bills. He was still living with us. He wouldn't even give them a freaking penny! And they always begged me for money, when I had none. I always yelled at them to bother my brother, but they wouldn't even ask him.

yes my family is trying to buy a house..this has been a problem and always the reason of an argument..i m tired of it and wish to get the buying the house deal over with but somereason its really not working out

Oh my goodness. I am so glad that you were able to work through your issues and stay together. It is so sad to think of a couple breaking up over money. I am really glad that you found a good credit counsellor, as well. That's great! ^_^ Yes, money can put a lot of stress on a family. My mother is a very frugal woman and she is always yelling about spending too much money, and putting pressure on the rest of the family to spend less. Sometimes it's really hard to live with. But I guess that we manage, somehow. Even though we don't have a great income here, we aren't exactly poor, so so far we are managing to get by.

Congratulations! I admire what you did. I honor you for that. Yes, I believe that it has been an argument in every household. If your poor, or middle you have the most tendency. Settling bills and all that. If your rich and someone questioned it or the person dont know where to put his money its still an issue. Thank God for all our blessings. Have an openmind. Looking for a counselor really helps. More years to come. Live life to the fullest. In God we trust-diane c",)

That's great you came over everything..and congrats you reached your 25th anniversery of your married life. Even though we have education we struggle financially sometimes.I have to suffer mentally thinking about that.We don't have any debts and at the sametime any property for ourselves.So I am very much concern of my baby that can I be a good mom giving him everything he wants!!!

Money never used to cause arguments in my family, until my parents divorced that is..... Then money seemed to be one of the major issues. My brother and I still get hit up for cash from both our parents and it sucks. We tend to move money back and forth between us pretty freely (we are really close, have always had access to each others accounts and bailed each other out) We have had a rough patch the last year, 2006 sucked. I was home on maternity leave (unpaid becaue I'm self-employed) and my husband lost his job. Meanwhile my brother was out of work for 9 months. It's been stressful but finances can casue a strain.

pfuu ... hard theme. In my family it was always the problem - MONEY. My parents have divorced becouse of this daily arguments about money. Now when i live with my mom only the only arguments between me and her are for money. Sometimes i think what will be the life if we have money and dont have what to argue about ;) May be we will find something else ... I will be glad to understand one day

no money never causes arguments.

Money become causes of arguement in our houses bcoz when we need a money parents always passes argument and shouts on us.and then we becom so disappointed by this prob of money.

yes, sometimes it causes stress in the family. especially, when you're in need of money and you're broke! it's just normal but really, there no need to fight about money.

Yes sometime its the only reason for having an arguement in my family not between me and my dad or me and my mom or like my brother and my dad but like between my dad and my uncle or my one uncle with another uncle.

yes for the reason that my father is sick after the hypertension attacked him we can't even function and then when i got my job my salary is not enough to supply the needs of our family. i just hope oneday will be back to normal.

both my parents always argue about money.....why parents both have works....my mom is the one who send us schools, tuition, school fines, school projects and things that needed for a student...she's the one paying for our foods, house rental, and small things needed for the house...the duty of my father is only to pay monthly bills for water and electric but sometimes he can't do that because he always spend some of his money with his friends for smoke, casino, liquors...thats why my mom always nags at him because of his being irresponsible for simple things that he cannot do...as for me, money is one thing that can make the marriage broke....