Money Rehab with Nicole Lapin
Say “I Do” To a Joint Bank Account? Sharna Burgess on Wedding Planning and Financial Planning
Tue, 06 May 2025
Nicole’s a bit of a romantic— especially when it comes to conversations about financial and family planning. Today, she’s joined by Sharna Burgess (cohost of the Oldish podcast, Dancing with the Stars alum), who is having these conversations now with her fiancé, actor Brian Austin Green. Sharna shares how finances are factoring into their wedding planning, how a business manager played a key role in her love story, and whether she and Brian are considering continuing to grow their family. Plus, Nicole gives her favorite strategies for setting good financial habits as a couple. If you and your spouse decide to open a joint account, you should check out Bank of America. You can even turn it into a date night! Because making smart money decisions together is an investment in your relationship. And honestly, what’s more romantic than that? Nicole’s partner Bank of America is the one stop shop where you can get guidance, tools, solutions, and view your Bank of America banking and manage your Merrill investing accounts online in one place. To learn more, go to: http://bofa.com/FinancialNextSteps.
What are Sharna Burgess and Brian Austin Green's wedding plans?
Have you negotiated for yourself?
No, not solely on my own, but I've certainly been the one calling things out and making choices, but I've always had a lawyer negotiate for me. Okay.
All right. Never have I ever hired a business manager slash matchmaker. Sharna, we end all of our episodes, as you know, with a tip that listeners can take straight to the bank. Something in your new found money rehab era. What have you learned? That's a tip that other people can learn from you, whether it's about investing, saving, raising financially, literate, responsible kiddos, anything.
It's your advice, though.
But I love what you make. It's what you keep. And then the other one is from my own life lessons is. You have no idea how much convenience costs and add up all the little things and just see, and you'll be surprised. And there's so much more you can cut out than you think.
Have you done that recently? Have you gone through subscriptions?
Subscriptions, yes. I recently, within like the last 12 months, did that and realized that because we're also now merged, we had two Hulu accounts and two Disney and then a family bundle over here. It's like we have like three different signups to so many stupid money being spent.
But also knowing the things I spend convenience on, like I do and being like, I'm going to just not do that for a while. But I've often gone through my credit cards and been like, yeah, I was not paying attention that month because just looking at it, like, why is it so high?
Even grocery stores, the food that I ends up going to waste because I think I'm going to cook it and then I don't cook it like that is a waste of money. Buy it when we need it type of thing.
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