How to figure out your finances after a breakup

Nobody tells you how expensive breaking up is. (Or maybe they did and I didn’t want to hear it.) Overnight, your expenses soar, your safety net vanishes, your financial goals shift from long-term dreams into short-term survival. You might need to pack up and move unexpectedly, purchase furniture you didn’t budget for. Your dollars went further when two people contributed to the rent, the bills, the groceries, the dinners out. Now, you must recalibrate from a financial “we” to a sole earner “me.”

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