{"id":174233,"date":"2026-02-12T00:42:09","date_gmt":"2026-02-12T00:42:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/174233\/"},"modified":"2026-02-12T00:42:09","modified_gmt":"2026-02-12T00:42:09","slug":"couples-encouraged-to-talk-about-finances-ahead-of-valentines-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/174233\/","title":{"rendered":"Couples encouraged to talk about finances ahead of Valentine&#8217;s Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK\/KBFX) \u2014 Valentine&#8217;s Day spending is expected to increase this year, with consumers spending hundreds on gifts for their loved ones.<\/p>\n<p>The holiday provides the perfect opportunity for couples who avoid talking about finances to speak openly about their spending habits.<\/p>\n<p>Bankrate Principal Analyst Ted Rossman joined ARC Bakersfield to share how couples can navigate conversations about finances.<\/p>\n<p>Rossman says financial conflict is one of the leading causes of divorce in the U.S.<\/p>\n<p>He says couples should be honest about spending to avoid those conflicts.<\/p>\n<p>Rossman noted that more couples are choosing to have both joint and separate accounts.<\/p>\n<p>He says this is a healthy option for relationships as both partners can spend without worrying about the other&#8217;s finances.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK\/KBFX) \u2014 Valentine&#8217;s Day spending is expected to increase this year, with consumers spending hundreds on&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":174234,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[151,153,152],"class_list":{"0":"post-174233","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-bakersfield","8":"tag-bakersfield","9":"tag-bakersfield-headlines","10":"tag-bakersfield-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/174233","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=174233"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/174233\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/174234"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=174233"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=174233"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=174233"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}