Alex advises a woman whose fiancé avoids all financial conversations to literally place her ring on the table and issue an ultimatum: no marriage without an honest money talk.
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If your fiancé won't sit down and talk about money, stop asking nicely. Take the ring off your finger, place it on the table, and say clearly: I cannot marry someone who won't have this one adult conversation with me. Avoiding finances now means avoiding every hard conversation forever. That is not a foundation.
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Men who appear emotionally avoidant are frequently emotionally sensitive individuals who were never given tools or permission to explore their sensitivity, so they default to withdrawal.
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