All Entries in the "Couples and Money" Category
One More Reason Not To Give Up Your Purse-strings
Like so many of you I’m here watching Grey’s Anatomy and it’s absolutely one of my favorite shows of the season. One scene that stood out to me was where a wife was faced with finding out why her health insurance would expire at midnight, but her husband was in need of emergency surgery. [...]
Stay At Home Wives: The New Status Symbol?
Add this to the list of decisions that women are now criticized for with regards to their life decisions. If it isn’t the Mommy Wars between the stay at home and working moms, then before that it was the women who chose to get an education and work for a living instead of choosing to [...]
Save Money By Sharing One Car
Wisebread published an article this week which detailed in part the expenses incurred when taking on a second car:
According to the American Public Transportation Association, replacing one car with a combination of walking and public transportation saves a household $8059 per year in reduced spending on fuel, maintenance, insurance, registration, depreciation, finance charges, etc. [...]
5 Ways Your Choice Of Life Partners Can Make Or Break Your Finances
photo credit: Harshadewa
Choosing the right long term partner takes time, patience and a sincere interest in making sure you’ve chosen the right person. After all you’ll be sharing your lives together quite possibly for the rest of your life. So it makes sense that your choice in life partners can impact your finances. But [...]
Guest Post: Why Every Woman Needs Mad Money
This is a guest post by Pamela Grundy, writer for Personal FInance Analyst. Personal Finance Analyst is an online community of bloggers dedicated to taking the mystery out of money and helping you to live a happier, more successful life with the money you have. I enjoyed this post and I hope you will [...]
Financial Infidelity Revisited: 7 Tough Questions
photo credit: CJ Sorg
Given the divorce rate of 50%, I often wonder what women are doing when it comes to their money. Women are commanding a higher earning power today than ever in US history. What does this mean for the modern day marriage? Are prenups acceptable? Or do they [...]
