{"product_id":"the-couples-money-conversation-budget-spreadsheet-template","title":"Budget Template - For Couples","description":"\u003cp\u003eMost couples talk about money. Very few have actually talked about what they believe money is \u003ci\u003efor\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThat's the gap this template is designed to close.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is the exact spreadsheet my husband and I have used for over ten years to run our household finances, through two incomes, an entrepreneurial pivot, a baby, and more than one version of the same argument about spending and risk and what we were actually building toward. We didn't get it right immediately. But once we had a structure for the conversation, we stopped having it badly.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhat makes it different from a generic budget tracker is that it's built around the conversation underneath the numbers. What do you each earn? What are you each spending, independently? What are you building toward together, and does your partner actually know that? Where are the gaps between what you think the money is for and what you're actually doing with it?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMost couples find out the answers to those questions mid-argument. This is the version where you find out before it becomes one.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhat's included:\u003c\/b\u003e Monthly household budget tracker, personal spending columns for both partners, a shared expense calculator, and a short guide on how we actually use it, including the questions we ask each other on the first Monday of every month.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBest for:\u003c\/b\u003e couples combining finances for the first time, parents managing a household on two incomes, and anyone who's been putting off the real conversation for longer than they'd like to admit.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Office Hours","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57244081127768,"sku":null,"price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0838\/2893\/2952\/files\/96be545d935.png?v=1778188910","url":"https:\/\/www.booksarebloodyboring.com\/products\/the-couples-money-conversation-budget-spreadsheet-template","provider":"BOOKS ARE BLOODY BORING","version":"1.0","type":"link"}