If the current financial crisis is distancing you from your loved ones, then you should ponder over how to save a relationship. Financial troubles is one of the highest cause of divorces, domestic violence and suicides. Financial woes in such volatile times can turn into your biggest mental stress, and you need to learn to protect your loved ones from the fury of this tempest.

First, bear in mind that you must be prepared before you get caught up in this storm. If you already have time to balance off the hard financial times ahead, think of this time as a blessing. You would need to save some extra cash, cut down on expenses and luxuries that you are planning to buy. Take your spouse into confidence; do not work in isolation. Together, you should work out a strategy that would keep the relationship intact. With the stories about lay-offs and harsh downsizing hitting every second neighborhood in these stressful times, you are better off working together with your partner. Of course, your partner will understand your point about cutting down on expenses.

If you have the time, why not get your hands on some alternative streams of income? You can save thousands of extra dollars while also adding shinning starts to your portfolio by working overtimes, extra shifts, working over holidays or even keeping a secondary job. Of course, only a dedicated employee will survive the downsizing onslaught currently taking place.

While you are working at improving your income, your partner could be acquiring more skills that can help boost your family income even more. Jobs in demand in every office of the country now range from office automation, business correspondence and database managements. Become good at multitasking, and no employer will want to fire you.

What if you have been caught up already in the crisis? It is now time to focus primarily on regaining your composure and any love lost. Remember, the fault does not lie with any partner; it is a mix of each of our habits and personalities, the present financial crisis and the specific circumstances doled out to you two. Neither of you can be the judge of the other's performance and individual circumstances.

Whatever you plan out your finances, it should be fully coherent with your partner’s ideas and with mutual support. Keep in mind that your partner shares the financial distress with you. So while you may be working out your own plan, your partner may be doing the same with hers. Do not plan things alone, as then you may end up each following a separate financial strategy and ending up being even more distanced from each other. Let the clichéd statement about the ‘love reigning supreme’ have a chance, and even in the face of an obvious financial disaster, hold on to your relationship as much as you can. To learn how to save a relationship, is actually learning how to never put it at stake no matter how tough the times can get.