How do married couples recover from a huge financial crisis? We are going through one and it has caused cracks in our marriage. We seem like 2 strangers living in one house now. I tried talking to him but he just kept quiet.

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It depends on both honestly. We've had literally $0 in both our bank accounts, with a house and renovations on the way and yet we were perfectly happy. We'd come back home from work, share a packet of economic noodles and watch tv to save $. We've also had a few Ks savings but yet we were fighting a lot of minor reasons. Financial crisis is bad, esp in Singapore where everything is expensive but it doesn't necessary have to cost friction between a couple. Since you both are on a budget, take little dates at home, cuddling on the sofa watching tv. Stop talking about money for a few hours. Why wait until you both get over the whole thing? Prevention is always better than cure :)

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