#4. YOU BOTH COULD USE COUNSELING — FINANCIAL COUNSELING
Talking to a financial counselor about saving money can potentially stave off fights and pre-wedding breakups. Financial issues are the biggest threat to marriage, some experts say. Getting objective advice from an outsider can help you both overcome inertia to making changes.
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Just make sure you put whatever assets you have in your name before you sign your marriage certificate. You’ll have shared accounts for joint expenses for the rest of your lives, but in the case things don’t work out — and remember what we said about divorce rates? — it’s good to have what you brought into the relationship in your name.
