Epictetus comments on Twenty basic rules for intelligent money management - Less Wrong

32 Post author: James_Miller 19 March 2015 05:57PM

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Comment author: Vaniver 19 March 2015 06:15:56PM 13 points [-]

When evaluating potential marriage partners give bonus points to those who have a history of saving. Do this not because you want to marry into wealth, but because you should want to marry someone who has discipline, intelligence and foresight.

A more immediate consideration here is that money is (I believe) the most common cause of fights in relationships, and agreeing about money before you get into the relationship should help avoid that.

Comment author: Epictetus 20 March 2015 07:52:37AM 1 point [-]

Attitudes about money are easy enough to overlook at the start and differences can remain quiescent until some crisis forces them to the surface and then all Hell breaks loose. It's probably good advice in general to look at the sorts of things that have been known to cause problems further down the line and get them sorted out as soon as possible.

This, of course, assumes that potential partners are plentiful...