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When childhood financial trauma affects adult relationship decisions

My girlfriend wants to move in together to save money but I am terrified of combining finances because my parents had screaming fights about money my entire childhood

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What we've seen

Unprocessed family-of-origin financial dynamics create unconscious barriers to healthy financial intimacy in adult relationships.

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“Where Are You with Money in your 20s — the foundation decisions?”

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