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Dear Penny,<\/span><\/p>\n

After being with my boyfriend for two years, I found out after we went to dinner and his debit card was declined that he had only $30 in his checking account, no savings, and $20,000 in credit card debt. This is not what he\u2019s been telling me for these two years.<\/span><\/p>\n

We\u2019ve talked about getting married, buying a house together, etc., so I\u2019m disappointed. I explained to him that financial responsibility is important to me and gave him six months to show me he\u2019s making progress. He has a decent job; we make about the same income, and we split most costs. He also has a side business and a rental property. He initially sold some items he had laying around and did some side jobs. But it\u2019s been nine months since our initial conversation, and he\u2019s maybe down $1,000 in credit card debt. I don\u2019t know what to do. I\u2019m not sure he\u2019s serious, but when I talk to him he says he\u2019s working on it.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2014 Shocked & Disappointed<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Dear Shocked,<\/p>\n

This sounds like quite a surprise to adjust to. However, imposing your financial expectations on someone else rarely works. We all have unique relationships with money, and your boyfriend is living with his.<\/p>\n

Those two years of\u00a0lying about money are certainly something to address before commingling your finances through marriage or shared property. His hiding purchases or lying about money could put you in a tough situation down the road, and keeping finances separate can protect you from that.<\/p>\n

It sounds like your ultimatum wasn\u2019t the motivation he needed to pay off debt or earn more money \u2014 and maybe those aren\u2019t priorities for him. That\u2019s OK. Repaying debt doesn\u2019t have to be a high priority as long as you\u00a0understand the consequences of the debt you hold<\/a>. One of those consequences, in this case, might be that he can\u2019t buy a house with you on the timeline you\u2019ve discussed.<\/p>\n

You can\u2019t force someone into relating to money the way you want. But you can get creative and work with what you can<\/i> control or influence about your circumstances. For example, maybe you want to be married but\u00a0keep your finances separate so his debt doesn\u2019t affect you. Maybe you want to live together in a home you own while he pays you rent (perhaps with an agreement that that leads to him sharing ownership at some point).<\/p>\n

There might be ways to share your lives together even if you don\u2019t see eye-to-eye on money. You just have to think beyond the norm a bit. Consider the reality of your unique circumstances and relationships with money, rather than hoping for him to make a transformation that doesn\u2019t seem to be coming.<\/p>\n

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