Can you afford to be in love?
This was the question I posed to our millennial attendees and friends from media during a Valentine forum a couple of years ago where I shared the stage with finance personalities and entrepreneurs Wilson Lee Flores, Aya Laraya, and Marie-France President George Siy.
The forum discussion focused on finding the real costs of the different stages of love, from courtship, marriage, and starting a family. Each of the invited speaker shared their wisdom on relationships and discussed how money plays a big role in making each relationship work out successfully.
And as the youngest speaker in the event (ehem), I was given the topic about quantifying and qualifying the costs of courting and being romantic, with a killer line that made the audience go nuts:
“If you’re not able to support the costs of courtship, then you won’t be able to support your partner when you get married.” Continue reading The Heart of The Deal: How To Create A Fun Yet Affordable V-Day Celebration