After exchanging phone numbers with the pretty person you met at the office, you might also want to exchange credit scores writes Jessica Silver-Greenberg:

• Credit scores can affect the rates of interest you get on cars, homes, or other big purchases you might decide to make as a couple.
• To this end it has become increasingly common for dates to ask each other about their credit history to see if they are a good match.
• There are even online dating sites which allow you to find somebody with a credit score that meets your requirements.

Read more about how a credit check report is like a test for STDs, the stories of couples who are having difficulties in their relationship due to their credit scores, and the merits of how romantic a question it is to ask on a first date over here.

Source: The New York Times

Via: Marginal Revolution