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When Extended Family Financial Obligations Limit Your Marriage's Future

My Ghanaian husband sends half his salary to his family every month and we cannot buy a house but when I bring it up he says I do not understand what family means.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Different definitions of family create competing claims on resources and loyalty that cannot be easily reconciled.

Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Marriage across cultures and traditions?”

If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.