Is it right to keep money secrets from your partner?

Kamya Jaiswal
May 6, 2022 | 17:31 IST

The principle of oneness and sharing must be followed at all times. But as it does to most principles, money queers the pitch here as well

This story was first published in ET Wealth on April 8, 2012. The story holds true for the times we live in

Well, everybody does. Unless they are aiming for sainthood or living up to some hackneyed romantic ideal. Forgotten bank accounts, hidden credit cards, compressed bills, stretched increments...all add up to the same thing. The real question is: do you need to fess up?

Only if you have signed up for a no-holds-barred, tell-all relationship. Or if it is a couple ritual to buddy-talk about everything you do, want to do, feel or want to feel. For nothing in the intimacy rule book says you aren’t allowed a secret, or maybe two.
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