Stanley (Denver, Co) is a cofounder (with Howard Markman and Susan Blumberg) of PREP and coauthor of "Fighting for Your Marriage, New and Revised" (Jossey-Bass: 0-7879-5744-5). William C. Bailey (Fayetteville, AR) teaches family economics and attitudes toward money at the University of Arkansas. Howard J. Markman (Denver, CO) is a cofounder of PREP and coauthor of "Fighting for Your Marriage, New and Revised".
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Acknowledgments ix
Introduction 1
PART ONE: THE INVISIBLE FORCES
1 Marriage, Money, and Real Life 11
2 The Master Key 33
3 An Introduction to Invisible Forces 48
4 The Full Monty: Exposing Hidden Issues 58
5 Great (and Not So Great) Expectations 72
6 Where Expectations Come from 90
7 Just How Opposite Is the Opposite Sex? 108
Going Deep 125
PART TWO: NOW THAT WE UNDERSTAND, WHAT DO WE DO?
8 Talking Things Out 139
9 Real Solutions for Real Problems 156
10 The Golden Ground Rules 174
11 Accounting for Love 187
PART THREE: SHOW US THE MONEY
Introduction to Money Management 211
12 Getting It Together 217
13 What Do You Have? 226
14 Smart Borrowing, Dumb Debt 240
15 Insurance: How to Protect What You've Got 257
16 Taxes: Keeping More of What You Make 277
17 A Penny Saved Is . . . Not Much! How to Control Spending 288
18 Investing: How to Get More 305
PART FOUR: FINDING YOUR TARGET
19 The Heart of Commitment 327
20 Turning Reality into Dreams 343
RESOURCES
Choosing a Financial Planner 367
Our Ten Favorite Books on Money Management and Investment 375
Resources and Training 377
Research and References 379
About the Authors 387
Index 389
