Dating: Do you ask about their finances?
What would you do if the person you are dating are showing signs of financial instability? Maybe you notice their lack of frugality or their excessive spending. Or maybe you are with them when their credit card was declined.
I read somewhere about a young woman who was on a first date with a guy and his card was declined. She didn’t judge him by this incident and they are now married. If she dumped him because of this embarrassing snafu, she could have thrown away her chance of happiness!
So what is the best approach in paying attention to your date’s money management? Is it something you should inquire about? If you notice something awry, do you bring it up?
Do you (or should you) ask about a person’s financial plan when you are dating? Should you wait until you are in a relationship to bring it up or would that be too late?
How important is it to date someone who is smart about money?
Just curious: What would you do if you went on a date and their credit card was declined?
By Wise Diva, Misadventures in Atlanta Dating Blog
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315 comments Add your comment
Purple Reign
September 8th, 2011
4:34 pm
Leggs so that means what? LOL
Women like hotel rooms….wait that did not sound right. LOL
Button
September 8th, 2011
4:35 pm
Leggs/Randyt thing is he SHOULD have used the darn thing! Erectile dysfunction is a mutter.
bless his heart maybe he should look into getting some prescriptions filled or buy it black market.
Leggs from what little I’ve read about viagra a man can stay “up” for up to four hours.
i'm swiss™
September 8th, 2011
4:35 pm
“the stranger the bed, the stiffer the wood.”
Randy — Yeah, but somehow I get the feeling that a strange bed at, say, a hostel somewhere wouldn’t have quite the same aphrodisiac effect on Mrs. Swiss as a suite at an all-inclusive resort. Just a hunch…
Purple Reign
September 8th, 2011
4:37 pm
Swiss, just keep throwing money at it until it opens.
Into the Light
September 8th, 2011
4:39 pm
smh @ Purp
Into the Light
September 8th, 2011
4:40 pm
Night, y’all.
Button
September 8th, 2011
4:42 pm
Swiss, just keep throwing money at it until it opens @ Purple don’t they do that at the skrip club?
Leggs
September 8th, 2011
4:42 pm
@PR ~ doesn’t mean anything, I suppose. Every time I hear viagra I think of him. He’s old. I don’t want to do old simply because it’s offered.
Willie Dynamite
September 8th, 2011
4:42 pm
Dayum i must be jaded or sumthin. my Fantasy list is dwindling. I’m trying to think of a few off the top and i can’t.
Button
September 8th, 2011
4:49 pm
Nate Berkus is FION!!! too bad he’s gay.
Sassy Me...In it to Win it ;-)
September 8th, 2011
4:54 pm
I don’t want to do old simply because it’s offered.
eeewww….why does a “pig in the blanket” visual come to mind?…
But ditto on the old wood…Viagra or not umm no thanks.
Button
September 8th, 2011
4:57 pm
LOL @ Sassy and the pig in the blanket – I just had a visual too and it was burnt
Leggs
September 8th, 2011
4:57 pm
That’s what I said “no thanks.”
Leggs
September 8th, 2011
4:58 pm
I can’t recall if I’ve used this recently.
Make much of your strengths. Make sense of your weaknesses.
Gd nite!
Celisea
September 8th, 2011
5:34 pm
Nate Berkus is FION!!! too bad he’s gay.
Somehow I’m not getting this same read. Anyway I see we’re clowning. Viagra huh? I think when you reach a point of being dependant on that kind of stuff and the tunker is tanked out you should leave well enough alone…but that’s just me and what I think