Financial infidelity often enters a marriage quietly. It may begin with a hidden credit card, an undisclosed bonus, a separate account, or spending that one spouse assumes will never come to light. What makes it so damaging is that it affects two parts of a relationship at once. It undermines trust on the personal side …
A close friend of my wife, Julia, has been wrestling with a difficult decision for years. Julia has been married to Fred for nearly a decade, and together, they share two young children with twins on the way. While Julia would have preferred to keep her family intact, a troubling pattern in their relationship has …