Money Fight SaverMONEY QUESTIONNAIRE (fight-saver) print two copies 1. Family income as you were growing up in relations to your friends, relatives and neighbors: Lower _____ Same _____ Higher _____ 2. Do you recall what you felt about your family’s income in your relation to peers? Recall any incidents? 3. Did you hear an aphorism about income often such as “A penny earned is a penny saved” or “Neither a borrower nor a lender be for loan oft loses self and friend”? If so write the one you remember. 4. Who repeated the aphorism to you? _____________________________ 5. Do you agree with it? ___________ 6a. Have you witnessed or found yourself in repeated conflict in your primary family over money? If so, describe a typical conflict: 6b. Have you been in repeated conflict in your current family over spending and earning issues? If so, describe a typical conflict: 7. What word comes to mind first about money? _____________ 8. Think about your father or mother (choose one) and recall ways he or she had contradictory habits with saving and spending. 9. Consider the fact that lottery winners often end up broke. Why do you think this happens? 10. On a scale of one to ten with ONE being generous with time, energy and money and TEN stingy, how would you rate yourself? _______ Your partner ______ Fill this out as honestly as you can, ask others to do so, also, then find the courage to share it with them. Remember that everyone deals with money from their emotional experiences with it. Understanding this fact can save fights and, now and then, make Discover your hidden attitudes toward money, love, sex, religion and politics in six easy lessons:
Evelyn Cole, MA,MFA
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