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When partners' class backgrounds create family obligation conflicts

My wife grew up poor and I grew up comfortable, and now that we're financially stable, we have completely different relationships to money and spending that create tension when we're trying to help our families.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Different lived experiences of economic security are creating conflicting values about family responsibility.

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