“…This might account for the relative neglect of money matters in the literature on intimate relationships. Nonetheless, recent research and analysis from a variety of theoretical perspectives has provided some useful insights into the way that heterosexual couples and families deal with finances and other day-to-day decisions (eg, Pahl, 1989Pahl, , 1995Kooreman and Wunderink, 1996;Burgoyne and Morison, 1997;Kirchler, Rodler, Hoelzl and Meier, 2001;Burgoyne, 2004). Same sex couples have received less research attention, (but see for example, Blumstein and Schwartz, 1983;Dunne, 1997).…”