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February 6, 2023

How couples can team up on debt repayment

  • Individual debts you bring into a relationship can get in the way of making life plans as a couple.
    • By SARA RATHNER
    NerdWallet

    Between financially helping his parents and losing income as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, Jeremy Mazza landed into serious credit card debt. Relief came from a source he wasn't expecting: his partner, Ginna Lambert, who had come into a small inheritance. She suggested “investing” part of her bounty in their shared future by lending small amounts to Mazza that he could apply toward his debt.

    It took a bit of convincing.


     
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