Category Archive for: ‘Couples and Money’

• Reason #423 Why You Should Check His Credit

  This is so unfortunate but it speaks to my thoughts around checking your mate’s credit and not totally giving up the financial reigns in a relationship.  I can relate to being consumed with wedding expenses and planning and maybe even being tempted to skip a [...]

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  Kelis To Nas: “Nas Left Me High and Dry”- My Advice To Kelis

  I usually don’t post celebrity stuff here but for some reason this, this right here just tickles me to no end. Kelis claims estranged hubby Nas has left her high and dry … not offering her a penny in the wake of her impending birth [...]

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• Men, Sports And My Ever Ballooning Cable Bill

  The cable bill was $248.00 this month.  You read that right and Im none too happy about it.  Why so high you ask?  My darling husband decided to order some MLB special (read: Baseball) and the last Pay Paper View fight between Pacquiao and Hatton. [...]

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  Repost: Smart Women Marry for Money, and Here’s Why

  Totally provocative and tongue in cheek, but you get the underlying message. Choose your partners wisely. I am not suggesting that women marry solely for money, I am after all a believer in love and commitment as a solid foundation for marriage. However, I am [...]

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• 7 Savvy Ways To Be A Financial Asset In Your Relationship

  When talking about women and money, we are often portrayed as financial risks.  This is because of the perception that we we either shop too much or know little when it comes to utilizing money to create long term wealth and security.  So today I’d [...]

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• 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, [...]

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  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 [...]

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• 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 [...]

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• 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 [...]

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  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. [...]

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  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? [...]

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