Still, newly married couples have a choice: They can
tackle the debt together and learn a valuable life lesson or be torn apart by the financial stress.
My biggest advice is that
you tackle your debt together, especially if you plan on being married forever.
Developing a game plan to
tackle your debts together can keep you in the black for years to come, instead of the red — but never mix your debts (or even cosign), since you'll be responsible for your partner's debt if they become delinquent or default.
Not exact matches
I want us to work
together in
tackling our country's big and urgent problems - the
debt crisis, our deep social problems and our broken political system.»
These four sisters decided to band
together and
tackle their
debt using one unified budget and plan.
When you finally become student loan
debt free, you will feel so much stronger as a couple for
tackling this issue
together.
We've put
together a guide on how to
tackle your credit card
debt, mistakes to avoid, and what to do if your credit has been damaged.
With all of this info — APR, minimum payments, total amount owed, plus any fees you pay each month — you are ready to
tackle those
debts, using a schedule that you put
together.
Then you can identify where you can cut back to try and get some money
together to
tackle your
debts.
If your chosen area is
debt reduction, go through all of your
debts and figure order them, putting
together a
debt avalanche plan to
tackle them one at a time.
With one in five U.S. households currently on the hook for education
debt, more and more couples are learning to
tackle student loans
together — without tanking the relationship.