Have you ever gotten yourself into trouble by not checking with your spouse before making a major purchase? I have. In fact during my engagement, I purchased a car without even mentioning it to my fiancé. Afterward, she said, “You didn’t even discuss this with me!” Right then and there I knew that I was wrong, so I promised to get her input on major decisions in the future. Early in our marriage we decided to never carry over credit card debt to avoid high interest charges. Although we use credit cards, we write a check at the end of the month to pay them off. If we didn’t communicate on major purchases, we might not have the money to do this. I’m glad we plan our expenditures. After we married, I better understood my wife’s personality type, which is analytical. (She has a B.S. in Math). What she really likes to do is research. After she pulls together the product’s information, she’ll dis...