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If money and relationships are an uncomfortable mix, then credit and romance are downright strange bedfellows.- advertisement -

“You may say you know everything about a person, but you probably don’t know anything about his credit record,” says Adam Levin, founder of Credit.com.

Now, a frequently aired TV commercial featuring a forlorn young husband forced to live with his in-laws because he was clueless about his bride’s abysmal credit is aiming to spur young lovers to share credit scores.

Of course, the commercial’s sponsor, the Web site freecreditreport.com, is hoping to rev up its credit information sales, too. Romantic partners are a big, untapped market.

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