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All You Need Is Love? Not Really.

April 7, 2009 by Aly Walansky  
Filed under Relationships

In this shoddy economy, finances can’t help but rear their ugly head.

497052_money_love1So, even though it feels unromantic, I must take note that today Perfectmatch.com announced the release of its Love & Money Assessment – it’s basically a tool to measure financial compatibility.

The tool was developed with its chief relationship expert, Dr. Pepper Schwartz and helps to measure financial habits and find the perfect economic profile of a future mate.

I just took the test, and this is the results it found for me:

Love and Money Assessment Results

Money’s moderately important to you in your choice of a relationship partner. It’s something you have to consider carefully. Since people tend to talk more about personal histories, values and goals, and very little about money, you’ll have to bring this out in conversations with a person you’re interested in. Be careful, however, you don’t ask so many questions about financial circumstances and background that you sound like a loan officer. Do find out if you share economic habits, and whether it’s a good or bad thing. For example, if you’re impulsive about money, you might want someone who isn’t. On the other hand, if you’re cautious about money look at your Duet® profile and the profile of someone you’re interested in. If you’re an X (risk averse) and interested in an R (risk taking) make sure you eventually find out if their risk taking includes money. Risk taking with money may always have been a roller coaster ride for couples, but in today’s climate, it could kill a relationship if one partner is (understandably) risk averse.

Be honest with yourself and look for people who’ll have enough money or ambition to interest you. If you want someone entrepreneurial, ask your date about what kinds of businesses and jobs they’ve been in to get a sense of whether they’re financially aggressive, or more content to just earn a salary. Don’t jump in with economic questions too soon – it can put off even someone who cares about money. No one wants to feel like the only thing interesting to you about them is their financial status!

Play with me! Take the test at www.perfectmatch.com/lm/

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