If you look hard enough, there are personal finance lessons to be learned at nearly every turn—on TV, at the movies, and … by observing your pets, and listening to geese honk in the sky?
Think about the most important moments of your life. What do you remember about them? Most likely, they probably revolve around the relationships that gave them meaning. Though it’s easy to talk about finances separately from other parts of life, like relationships, in reality finances affect nearly everything we do. And, it can be argued that important relationships can actually teach us a thing or two about finances. Though it may seem like a strange connection, here are a few financial lessons, taught to us in our close relationships.
Leaving aside my deep skepticism that real estate is the best way to make money in today's world, I did notice, thanks to the first time I've played Monopoly in years, some lessons that could be learned from Monopoly.