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How to navigate marriage when families have different economic philosophies

My daughter wants to marry someone from a different ethnic group and his family tradition is that the man provides everything while ours believes in shared financial responsibility.

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Your child's romantic choice is creating a collision between incompatible beliefs about how couples should handle money and mutual support.

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