Credit Scores and Dating

[jeffrey]

...She simply couldn’t help it, though. After all, he was tall, from a religious family, raised by his grandparents just as she was, worked in finance and even had great teeth.

Her musings were suddenly interrupted when her date asked a decidedly unromantic question: “What’s your credit score?”

“It was as if the music stopped,” Ms. LaShawn, 31, said, recalling how the date this year went so wrong so quickly after she tried to answer his question honestly. “It was really awkward because he kept telling me that I was the perfect girl for him, but that a low credit score was his deal-breaker...

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/26/business/even-cupid-wants-to-know-your-credit-score.html

[MonkeyMama]

Marrying someone on the same financial page was extremely important to me. BUT, asking someone their FICO score on the first date?

I think it is generally pretty obvious, very early on, if someone is on a different financial page. & if it is not obvious, I wonder what the odds are that asking would be helpful. Is likely to offend. & what are the odds they would be honest anyway? IF they are trying to hide their financial status.

[disneysteve]

Marrying someone on the same financial page was extremely important to me.

I think it is generally pretty obvious, very early on, if someone is on a different financial page.

I agree. Besides, I'd be more concerned with behavior, lifestyle, and mindset than with credit score.

[bjl584]

I think I'd rather know what someone's net worth is compared to their income and age. But, you really can't ask that question on a first date either.