I've worked really hard over the last couple years to get to a place where I'm solid financially, and I've paid off about $30k in debt, bought a home, and increased my credit scores from mid 500s to high 700s. I've been dating my girlfriend for over 2.5 years, and when we first started dating I casually talked about my goals and the work I'd done to get finanically secure. I hadn't bought my place yet (new build high rise condo) and was waiting forever, so I would drop hints here and there to my girlfriend about what I thought was smart to get secure financially. I made it obvious how much good credit and smart spending was important to me without being preachy or condescending to her, and I hoped she was also on the right track.
I could tell she was pretty frugal and definitely did not live beyond her means, but we never talked about actual credit score. We're close to getting engaged, so we've been having the chat about buying a bigger place together and turning mine into a rental which obviously opened the door to the credit talk. I was quite concerned because I knew she had a decent bit of student loan debt from when she recently finished her masters, but otherwise I didn't know what her situation was like. Well, I have to say I was practically embarrassed when she pulled up all three scores and it read: 828, 835, 810. I was like OMG how dare you have a score as low as 810?! 
She then asked me about mine, and I ask like um, well, you see anything above an 800 is pretty rare and uncommon, so don't think that mine are that low compared to average yours are just really, really high! My scores are in the 740-760 range right now (have a little bit of a high balance on a balance transfer that has 4 months left at 0% which I'll pay off in full at that time) which I was quite proud of before I saw hers! She actually told me that about 5 years ago before she met me she had rung up over $25k in credit card debt for stupid and unimportant purchases, so she moved in home for 2 years to pay it all off (which was tough as she was a food server) to get in a better place financially. It obviously worked very well, and I was super proud of her accomplishments. Even though it took us both time, we were able to each increase our scores well over 200 points in a couple years of budgeting, cutting back on spending and paying down debt!
@Anonymous wrote:LOL better than if she had 545, 560, and 579. Me thinks you found a keeper. Congrats and good luck.
Heck if I found someone who was that mindful of money even if they had a 300 I'd overlook that (not certain you can get to 300 actually).
Credit can be fixed, chronic spending problems is a path to ruin.
+1 on the keeper bit if everything else is copasetic; not running into many ladies with similar mindsets recently, unfortunately.
It's definitely nice having someone who has their finances straight. It will make things easier for you in the long run.
@Revelate wrote:
@Anonymous wrote:LOL better than if she had 545, 560, and 579. Me thinks you found a keeper. Congrats and good luck.
Heck if I found someone who was that mindful of money even if they had a 300 I'd overlook that (not certain you can get to 300 actually).
Credit can be fixed, chronic spending problems is a path to ruin.
+1 on the keeper bit if everything else is copasetic; not running into many ladies with similar mindsets recently, unfortunately.
Flashing those fancy cards and driving a BMW is like buying a billboard "looking for a gold digger" ... 
@ArmyVietVet wrote:
@Revelate wrote:
@Anonymous wrote:LOL better than if she had 545, 560, and 579. Me thinks you found a keeper. Congrats and good luck.
Heck if I found someone who was that mindful of money even if they had a 300 I'd overlook that (not certain you can get to 300 actually).
Credit can be fixed, chronic spending problems is a path to ruin.
+1 on the keeper bit if everything else is copasetic; not running into many ladies with similar mindsets recently, unfortunately.
Flashing those fancy cards and driving a BMW is like buying a billboard "looking for a gold digger" ...
If I had either those fancy cards or a BMW I might agree with that 
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Speaking of which I should go get my cracked side mirror fixed anyway, still servicable but not purty.