The director of client services at Marriage Care, Jenny Porter, said that the data was “unsurprising”, given that money affects so many aspects of everyday life.
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We see in the counselling room every day how much conflict money can cause in relationships so knowing how to manage your finances together is important for heading off arguments.”
Also on the list were mental-health issues, extra-marital affairs, childcare, time spent online, political opinions, drug and alcohol use, and pornography.Ī marriage counsellor at Relate, Arabella Russell, said that “despite the promise of economic recovery, money worries are still placing a significant strain on our relationships. More than a quarter (26 per cent) of the more than 5000 people surveyed online for the report listed financial worries as the main tension in their relationship, followed by misunderstanding (20 per cent), differing sex-drives (19 per cent), lack of work-life balance (17 per cent), and different interests (16 per cent). The data, published in It Takes Two: The quality of the UK’s adult couple relationships, on Wednesday, was taken from the fourth annual report, The Way We Are Now, conducted by YouGov between June and July last year in partnership with the charities Relate, Relationships Scotland, and Marriage Care.
MONEY is the main cause of arguments between couples in the UK, and trust is the most important factor that people look for in a relationship, a new survey on marriage and relationships has suggested.
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