Relationships

Can a Spender and a Saver Live in Financial Harmony?

Find common ground, establish clear communication, and develop goals that you are both invested in achieving together.

When Human Math Beats Real Math

Sometimes, the mathematically right choice is actually the wrong choice. Personal finance is personal, and we often should make financial decisions based on more than math.

Deciding What’s Financially Fair With Your Partner

"Fair" is in the eye of the beholder. Learn how to transform messy money talks into collaborative conversations with YNAB.

How to Do the More Money Challenge With a Partner

Doing the More Money Challenge with a partner? Here are some tips if you find yourself joining the challenge with your other half.

Two Hearts, Four Habits: YNAB Couples Share Their Success Stories

Less arguing. More adventures. Fund your future together with four simple habits that will change your relationship with money.

A Decade Into YNAB: Here’s Why My Wife and I Are Still Thankful

How Family Histories Strained Our Finances

The relationship your parents (and their parents before them) had with money affects yours. Overcome your family's history with finances.

Best Personal Finance App for Couples

Looking for the best budgeting app for couples? YNAB's money management method will change your relationship with money (and each other!)

Make Room For Yourself While Managing Money Together

Learn how adding some wiggle room for personal spending can help you and your partner handle finances together for the long haul.

Introducing YNAB Together for Your Shared Financial Journey

Welcome to YNAB Together, our solution for groups of people who want to manage money and goals together—all for the price of a single subscription!

Study: How Finances Affect Relationships

We teamed up with eharmony to survey people to learn how finances affect relationships. See what the results say about love and money.

10 At Home Date Night Ideas (with Printable Game)

With romance, it’s all about effort over expense and thoughtfulness over things, so keep the spark alive with at home date night ideas.

A Date Night That Pays Off Debt

Dillon and Carly pay off six figures of debt and plan a wedding with cash by implementing a date night tradition that pays off...literally!

Financial Intimacy: The Budget Meeting Date Night

A regular Budget Meeting Date Night, is a chance to evaluate whether or not your money is still aligned with your priorities.

84 Financial Questions to Ask Your Partner

Wondering what financial questions to ask your partner about money? We've got a list of 84 to ask whether you're dating, engaged, or married.

Budgeting for Couples When You Don’t Share Accounts

Not ready to join accounts but still want to use manage money as a couple? Enjoy financial independence together with these budgeting tips for couples.

How to Make a Budget for Separation

Preparing for divorce and need a survival guide on how to budget for separation between now and then? We'll walk you through it step by step.

How to Separate Your Finances

Whether you're breaking up or keeping the peace, sometimes you have to separate finances as a couple. Learn to make and keep separate budgets.

6 Money Lessons I Wish I Had Learned As a Newlywed

When I first got married, money was a hot topic, full of accusing looks and thorny fights. Now? We've hit our groove. Here's what I learned.

10 Budget-Friendly Date Ideas

Looking for some budget-friendly dates that don’t break the bank? Here's a list of 10 budget-friendly dates that are easy on the wallet.

How I Rebuilt My Financial Life While Healing from Divorce

After a divorce, Dawn was running out of money halfway through the month. Then, she took action and now feels more in control than ever.

5 Tips for Financial Bliss

Do you struggle to manage finances with your partner? Here's how to set yourself up for harmonious money discussions that are light on tension.

Are Your Student Loans Getting in the Way of Your Dating Life?

According to a recent study of more than 2,000 Millennials, student loan debt was an elephant in the room when it came to dating prospects.

We Couldn’t Agree on How to Handle Money

When you find a life partner, the chances of finding someone with the same financial habits and opinions is slim. So what's a couple to do?