The Motley Fool's Guide to Couples and Cash: How to Handle Money with Your Honey

by David Gardner (Foreword), Dayana Yochim

Describes how to combine incomes between husband and wife, minimize financial disputes, establish priorities, and budget for present and future events.

168 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2003

About the author

Tom and David Gardner cofounded The Motley Fool, a multi-media financial education company, in 1993. Since then they have co-authored four New York Times bestsellers, including The Motley Fool Investment Guide and The Motley Fool's Rule Breakers, Rule Makers.


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Reviews

[John Landes · Rating 5 out of 5]

The Motley Fool franchise is an incredible product. Their books are all super helpful!

[Mary · Rating 1 out of 5]

BORING! And not very useful. This book wastes a lot of time focusing on things like how to gear up for having a discussion about money with your honey. And don't even get me started on the bad use of puns.

[Sarah · Rating 2 out of 5]

Good simple suggestions on how to start the conversation on money and basic ideas to follow, though it assumes you are scared of discussing such things and will end up in a huge argument. Why would that make me want to talk about money?

[R · Rating 4 out of 5]

A worthwhile read. Though specifically targeted to couples, it's a valuable resource even when managing finances alone. The light tone and high level of accessibility make this one a winner. Don't rent, buy this one. You'll want to come back to it.

[Liz De Coster · Rating 2 out of 5]

Meh. I was hoping for more information on investing and retirement options, whereas this seems like really low-level financial information while presuming disaster is around every corner and otherwise overdramatizing the process.

[Lucy · Rating 3 out of 5]

It was a cute little book that raised a lot of good and important points about budgeting and having difficult conversations with your significant other. It focused a lot more on investing than I was interested in, but maybe that'll be useful information in the future!

[Kipahni · Rating 2 out of 5]

Apart from being really cheesey in humour, it was a quick guide on how and what you should talk about with your spouse when it comes to money.

[Mary · Rating 2 out of 5]

A quick read with logical advice, but nothing revelatory about it.