I just read a post in another area that mentioned how some investing decisions had put quite a deal of stress on their marriage.
I also recently received a very detailed email from a friend letting us know how their marriage had relatively amicably, but sadly ended and outlined in great detail where they felt things had gone wrong. They sent the email to all their friends as a warning to not take our relationships for granted and they mentioned some of the commonplace sources of problems they felt had caused their breakdown. A couple of very young kids involved and it was a very sobering read.
Since the majority of us here are property investors, we would generally have done pretty well the last couple of years from property. Some nice financial gains and generally no reason for relationships to be hurt by all that extra equity.
The feeling for some newcomers may well be borrow, invest, borrow etc. as things can only get better........but what if it doesn't? What if the tide goes out and financial stress hits. How do you think your marital situation would be affected and how well do you keep an eye on the 'bigger picture'?
There would be some here with some heavy stories to tell how their investments in property, shares, business investments or others went bad and put a great deal of stress on the very family unit that many of these investments etc were meant to help.
What were the lessons that were learnt from these situations?
I also recently received a very detailed email from a friend letting us know how their marriage had relatively amicably, but sadly ended and outlined in great detail where they felt things had gone wrong. They sent the email to all their friends as a warning to not take our relationships for granted and they mentioned some of the commonplace sources of problems they felt had caused their breakdown. A couple of very young kids involved and it was a very sobering read.
Since the majority of us here are property investors, we would generally have done pretty well the last couple of years from property. Some nice financial gains and generally no reason for relationships to be hurt by all that extra equity.
The feeling for some newcomers may well be borrow, invest, borrow etc. as things can only get better........but what if it doesn't? What if the tide goes out and financial stress hits. How do you think your marital situation would be affected and how well do you keep an eye on the 'bigger picture'?
There would be some here with some heavy stories to tell how their investments in property, shares, business investments or others went bad and put a great deal of stress on the very family unit that many of these investments etc were meant to help.
What were the lessons that were learnt from these situations?