Money is biggest source of rows for middle aged
Money is the biggest cause of rows for most middle-aged couple, ahead of staying out late and a partner's choice of friends, a survey has suggested.
New research found that money is the biggest cause of arguments for 27 per cent of couples over the age of 40.
The figures suggest that the state of their finances is more likely to cause couples to fall out than disagreements over housework, staying out late or their partner's choice of friends.
The study, which looks at how co-habiting couples over the age of 40 are planning for their retirement, also found that nearly one in five (17 per cent) say that they don't feel comfortable talking about finances with their other halves.
Twenty per cent of the 2,000 people surveyed by finance giant Prudential have never had a conversation with their partner about the income they think they will need in retirement.
And while the majority of couples have discussed their pension incomes in the last year, a third (34 per cent) of them only talked about it for half an hour or less.
When couples were asked if they knew what level of income they would need to lead a comfortable retirement, more than half (56 per cent) admitted to having no idea.
Vince Smith-Hughes, head of business development at Prudential, said: "There is no hiding from the fact that sometimes our finances are a tough topic to talk about. It is all too tempting to put off conversations about the money we'll need in the future."
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