Marital infidelity has become more prevalent than we think. In Spain, for example, 26% of women and 31% of men were betrayed at some point in their marital life.
According to a recent survey conducted by the University of Notre Dame in the United States, there is a type of marital infidelity that is not talked about and it is financial infidelity.
A new study revealed that financial treachery is a form of marital infidelity, according to a report published by the Spanish newspaper "El Pais". After conducting a series of 10 evaluations of more than a hundred pairs and analyzing the movements of their bank accounts, experts discovered that when it comes to money, many spouses are not honest when Talk about their expenses and economic habits.
| When it comes to money, it turns out that many husbands are not honest when talking about their expenses and economic habits (pixels). |
Spending priorities
And one of the experts indicated that financial treachery consists in carrying out actions that the spouses do not agree to, which leads to her deliberately concealing it, and the problem mainly occurs when one of the parties is more economical than the partner.
For example, the two people agree on spending limits, and in return, one of them wants to get more things than they agreed upon, and to face this problem there are only two options, either to abide by the agreement and suppress the desire to spend more, or to give priority to private preferences as agreed.
Joint account is not the answer
According to lawyer Pilar Pergia, a lawyer specializing in family law, each person has different spending standards, there are more conservative people and others more wasteful.
In addition, if you have a joint account, additional expenses such as electricity, water and other common needs are likely to result in spouses' disputes.
Regardless of the extent of the couple's participation, it is better for each person to have his own account to cover his personal expenses as recommended by the Bank of Spain.
| It is better for each person to have his own account to cover his personal expenses, according to experts (pixel). |
A joint or separate account .. Honesty is more important
The problem occurs when the couple's communication on financial matters is not transparent, says Mercedes Parmikho, coordinator of the Master of Comprehensive Family Therapy at the Universidad Complutense de Madrid.
With regard to joint or separate accounts, experts recommend that we be honest about what each person pays, and agree to make economic decisions.
In this way, we can avoid falling into financial betrayal and discussions about funds, which is one of the main reasons for secession, according to a study by two universities in the United States.