How to Talk About Your Debt While Navigating the Dating Scene

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  Here's your money briefing for Thursday, February 6th.

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  I'm Mariana Asburu for the Wall Street Journal.

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  Navigating the dating scene can have its highs and lows.

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  Tachon hefty credit card balances, student loans, and other financial obligations.

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  And finding someone special can become complicated.

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  If you're dating casually, if you're just getting out there for fun, it's okay to not disclose your debt.

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  But if you're doing it and you are hoping to find that forever person, it's important to talk about it at some point.

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  So how can you discuss your money problems without souring the mood?

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  We talk with Wall Street Journal Senior Platform Editor Julia Monslow after the break.

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  Romance can be filled with flowers, chocolates, and a heartfelt conversation about your finances, including your debt.

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  Wall Street Journal Senior Platform Editor Julia Monslow joins me.

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  Julia, what kind of financial problems can weigh on a person when they're dating?

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  There can be a lot of different financial problems when you're dating.

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  Really, my story is about debt, but there are so many different kinds of debt that someone can have,

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  and they can be perceived differently by the people you're dating.

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  A lot of people have federal student loans, for instance,

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  but there's also credit card debt, consumer debt, and even medical debt.

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  And on top of that, dating comes at a price.

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  Dinners, bars, drinks, all these things.

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  How expensive can dating be?

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