Surviving financial pressures - tips for couples

IT’S all about love and romance when couples first move in together. They are eager to spend more time together and get to know each other in new ways. They also believe they are making a good financial decision.

After all, they spend most of their time at each other’s houses so surely it makes sense to share one house and split the bills? But once the romantic haze lifts, many discover the answer is not quite as clear as it seems.

She isn’t impressed with his habit of spending €100 in the pub every Friday night.