What causes financial infidelity?
A journalist asks for statistical information regarding financial infidelity. Why would a spouse hide money and financial information from a loved one? Can money issues make or break a relationship--or is there an underlying cause preceding the money? Is there a connection between this and debt problems?
I wrote a book about this sort of thing: "Drunks, Drugs & Debits: How to Recognize Addicts and Avoid Financial Abuse." The book arose out of my experience as an Enrolled Agent tax professional and Certified Financial Planner in observing that financial abuse was almost always perpetrated by an alcohol or other-drug addict. The kind of abuse varies all over the map; the fact of abuse is a behavioral indication of addiction, often ...
