Sorry, I had bad credit before I met you: When debt causes couples to break up

Some relationships end when couples cannot reconcile their differences over debts that literally destroy their plans for a life together. PHOTO: PEXELS
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SINGAPORE - Many love stories start with the usual courtship rituals, but this boy-meets-girl tale ended especially badly with an unusual twist.

That the twist involved money should not come as a total surprise, of course, given the Singapore Dream often involves a property and that in turn always involves big bucks.

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