They say love makes you do crazy stuffs, I never understood that statement until I made the biggest financial mistake I ever made in my life.
While I was still a young adult, I honestly thought I was living my dream life and had figured things out for my self. I had a solid career, a steadily growing savings account by then, and then there was Ivy the girl I was absolute certain I’d spend the rest of my life with by my side. Everything was moving really fine for me.
So Ivy brought up the idea of us opening a high end coffee shop together, I didn't see a risky financial move. I just saw our future taking shape. She had the passion and background to run the bussines as I thought. On the other hand I had $65,000, every single dollar I’ve saved over the past few years. I even went as far as taking out a personal loan just to top it up and make sure we had enough capital. I dropped it all into a shared account, completely tuning out my friends who warned me to protect my money. I truly believed that if you love someone, you don't keep one foot out the door.
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