The Naked Truth | Love and money: financial infidelity can tear relationships apart, so be open and honest when it comes to your cash
- Financial infidelity happens when couples lie to each other about their finances, such as hiding debts and not being truthful about how they spend money
- The best way to repair a relationship harmed by financial dishonesty is to first own up to your mistakes and acknowledge that you have crossed a line
There are different types of infidelity – they tend to fall into two categories: physical and emotional.
As expected in today’s internet age, people “live” in the digital universe as much as they reside in the real world. This means cyber-cheating is becoming more common.
It happens when people develop emotional intimacy with someone they meet online, and without having to meet face to face. Betraying trust in a committed partnership is abhorrent no matter what form it takes.
There is also another form of cheating that predates the internet and often escapes our attention: financial infidelity. This issue seems to go unnoticed when people talk about trust-related relationship problems. Most people don’t see it as a form of cheating.
The reality is that financial infidelity can rock the foundations of a relationship and tear it apart because it raises the issue of trust and transparency. Without trust there is no reason for any relationship to continue.
