Truly marriage has a way of challenging everything that you believe to be true. We were all raised with different values and beliefs and many times we try to do the same thing that our role model did and we expect the same or somewhat similar results. We bring our beliefs into our marriage and try to use those same beliefs from childhood to express ourselves to our spouses. For example, ⌠I made this money before I met you. What do you mean joint bank account?¡ö Or ⌠Why shouldn¨ˆt I listen to my mother she has never been wrong before.¡ö There are many different things that we were raised from childhood to believe. They all lose a great deal of importance when we exchange marriage vows. I am not implying that you have to handle your finances any certain way to be successful or that
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