6- How do you plan to handle money in your marriage?

NEWS: Study: Women happiest with sensitive breadwinner

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(Newswise) -- A study by University of Virginia sociologists W. Bradford Wilcox and Steven L. Nock finds that the single most important factor in women’s marital happiness is the level of their husbands “emotional engagement” -- not money, the division of household chores or other factors. The study also finds that women whose husbands earn the lion’s share of income, who don’t work outside the home, or who share a strong commitment to lifelong marriage with their husbands report the highest levels of marital happiness -- in sharp contrast to academic conventional wisdom, according to the authors. (Emphasis added)

NOTE:This does not mean that women should not work, of course. Here is what John Paul II said in 1995:
"Thank you women who work! You are present and active in every area of life - social, economic, cultural, artistic and political. In this way you make an indispensable contribution to the growth of a culture which unites reason and feeling, to a model of life ever open to the sense of "mystery,” to the establishment of economic and political structures ever more worthy of humanity.
Letter of John Paul II to Women, page 11. Vatican, June 29, 1995, the Solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul.

Resources:

http://veritasfinancialministries.com/ is a catholic website where you can find great resources to help you with finances.

Faith Finances https://faithfinances.net/Home_Page.html is another Catholic website with a book you can buy by Tom Zordani.

You can find help also through "Crown Financial Ministries", an interdenominational ministry with a mission to teach people God's financial principles. Their topics include: getting out of debt, spending, saving and investing, budgeting, giving, earning money and training children. Visit their web site at: http://www.crown.org

Check also the Dave Ramsey program at www.daveramsey.com This is a Christian based program too which allows each spouse to actively participate in the finances.  Dave Ramsey has a book (on the top 10 New York best sellers list) called "The Total Money Makeover", as well as a radio and TV show and his website.