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Issue of September 9, 2026

Topic

partnership

2 pieces, newest first.

Partners

The Money Conversation You Are Both Avoiding: A Script

Couples do not avoid talking about money because it is complicated. They avoid it because every previous attempt turned into an argument about character. Here is a forty-minute version that does not, taken from households where it worked.

Tom Beckett3 min

Partners

One of You Is Home All Day Now. The Other Isn't.

Return-to-office mandates have split a lot of households into one adult at a desk in the spare room and one adult on a train. It changes the division of labour immediately, invisibly, and almost always in the same direction.

Tom Beckett3 min