FAR OUT: Adventures in Returning Home
How we manage our finances as a couple
Episode Summary
Alasdair and Julie-Roxane explore the pitfalls of poor money management in relationships and share a simple system they use that’s saved them time, energy and countless headaches.
Episode Notes
Listen and explore:
- UPDATE: Alasdair got to pet Fatty Patty (3:11)
- UPDATE: We got some board games (3:59)
- A simple system we use for managing our finances as a couple(8:19)
- How the board came to be (10:13)
- The power of simple systems (16:07)
- The difference between American and European money etiquette (20:57)
- Julie-Roxane's goes on a bad date (22:26)
- How we started using the board as a couple (28:04)
- Why we love the board (29:23)
- The board makes it easier to give (36:24)
- Not having to make decisions saves us energy (40:26)
- The difference between being money conscious and cheap (42:31)
- How will we manage money when get married? (44:29)
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Credits:
Intro music: "Complicate ya" by Otis McDonald
Outro music: "Running with wise fools" written & performed by Krackatoa (www.krackatoa.com)