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When couples can't align on major financial timing decisions

My partner wants to buy a house now because interest rates might go up and prices keep climbing, but I think we should wait another two years to save more and see how my job situation stabilizes. We're both right about our concerns and we keep having the same circular conversation where neither of us can convince the other and the market keeps moving while we debate.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Two people are stuck between competing valid timeframes, each seeing different risks in waiting versus acting.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Long-term thinking vs. short-term thinking?”

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