On Money and Marriage: ‘Then My Girlfriend Bought Her Husband a Black Rhinoceros for His Birthday’

Amalia Rosenblum, family mediator and couples therapist, explains why it’s important to talk openly about money – both before and after the wedding. She also has some ideas for questions that are important to ask your partner.

Amalia Rosenblum, family mediator and couples therapist, Haaretz blogger, holder of a Ph.D. in social, cognitive and developmental psychology. Forty-fouryears old, married with two children. Lives in Tel Aviv.

So, it’s money and not sex that is the No. 1 problem among couples?

“Money is a more dramatic subject than sex and is an even bigger taboo among couples. People make a lot of mistakes with relation to money.”