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Article: What's on your marriage checklist? Church, flowers, credit report?(MONEY TALKS)
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- Ebony
- Article date:
- October 1, 2008
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You just got engaged and you're high on a cloud. The wedding! The reception! The honeymoon!
But before you say "I do" and kiss, have you both gotten your financial houses in order?
Do you know your honey's credit score and have you eyeballed the credit report? Does she have a weakness for buying Dooney & Bourke purses? Does he spend all his cash at the casino? Are you OK with learning that your intended may have $40,000 in credit card debt that you have to help pay off before you buy your dream home?
"If you're going to marry somebody, you've got to have a frank discussion about spending and saving habits," says ...