Sentences with phrase «tightwads tend»

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A new study called Fatal (Fiscal) Attraction: Spendthrifts and Tightwads in Marriages, from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, found that people who spend less than they'd would like to tend to marry big spenders, while those who spend more than they would like to are drawn to penny - pinchers.

Rick and colleagues found that spouses who had dissimilar spending patterns (i.e., one partner was a «spendthrift,» while the other partner was a «tightwad») tended to have more conflict about finances, which in turn, predicted diminished marital well - being.