When John Schneider and David Auten were just a year and a half into their relationship, they learned that they had a combined $51,000 in credit card debt. Though they had both worked in finance for nearly 15 years, their “over-the-top, fabulous” lifestyle was leading them to a future where they’d never own a home or have any retirement savings.
“It was that kind of kind of slap across the face that said, ‘Get your financial you-know-what together, if you really want to have any sort of life that you really will enjoy in the future,’” Auten told LGBTQ Nation. Together, they created a plan and paid off their debt in three years.
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But many of their friends were similarly spending above their means to appear successful, and it was then that the couple realized that almost no financial firms or advisors geared their messages towards LGBTQ+ people. To fix this, they …