Category Archive for: ‘Marriage’

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  Kim Kardashian Files For Divorce: Let’s Talk Prenups!

    According to TMZ.com, Kim Kardashian will file for divorce today citing irreconcilable differences. Ladies, are we surprised?  I hope not since it’s well known that Kris was actually scouted by E reps to be Kim’s love interest in which they would eventually “marry”.  The [...]

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  How Not To Communicate About Money In Your Marriage

  For the last two weeks I’ve been dealing with a situation which required me to intervene with a couple with regard to their finances.  To say that this has been the most frustrating two weeks of my life is an understatement.  Sleepless nights.  Crazy emails [...]

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  Real Housewives Of Beverly Hills: Adrienne Maloof

  Last night Bravo premiered the newest installation of their Housewives realty series in Beverly Hills.  If you follow the Housewives series then you know there are other locations such as New York, New Jersey, Atlanta, DC and Orange County.  Admittedly, I follow all of them [...]

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  Tiger Woods: What Would You Do?

  I got this question on another blog: Your husband is worth $1 billion dollars a year. You find out that he has cheated on you. He offers you 20 million to stay for 2 years. Do you a. you have morals and you leave him [...]

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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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  Smart Women Marry Rich: Big Blue Eyes Or Big Green Bankroll?

  Yes, I know we’ve discussed this topic ad nauseum here and where the post first went live as a guest post at Consumerism Commentary. In my defense of bringing this up again, I was contacted by ABCNews to discuss my views on marriage and money [...]

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• Having It All: Man, Child, Dog And The Picket Fence! Part 1

  How many times have we thought about this?  Self imposed (sometimes socially) time lines on motherhood, career, education and marriage? I’ve always believed that women can have it all.  Still do, just in staggered moderation.  Lately, I have to admit though, going through my own [...]

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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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  Women And Life Insurance: 4 Reasons Why We Need To Be Prepared For The Inevitable

  The significant other of an acquaintance passed away and while I sent my condolences I couldn’t help but wonder how she would move through financially this year.  I kept thinking did he have life insurance?  Were they a two income household?  Did she depend on [...]

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  Do I Stay or Go? One Woman’s Struggle To Step Out On Her Own (Video)

  How likely are you to leave a bad marriage if you have no education or poor career prospects? I realize there may be other factors such as children, years put into the marriage and each party’s willingness to work things out. But let’s put that [...]

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  Career Couples: Who Becomes The Trailing Spouse?

  (image: pro.corbis.com) Who’s career is more important in your household?   Is it yours?  Significant other’s?  Well, according to this CNN article: Career couples fight over who’s the ‘trailing spouse’, more emphasis is usually placed on the man’s career. What do you think about that?  [...]

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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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• Tricia Walsh Smith: Reason #1 Why Women Should Marry Smart

  By now you’ve seen all the different blogs discussing Tricia Walsh Smith’s revenge served cold online via Youtube. In the video she refers to her soon to be ex as “mean, bad husband” and then refers to herself as “poor vulnerable Tricia” waiting desperately for [...]

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• Fighting Fair about Finances: How do you measure up?

  photo credit: Laenulfean This is a guest-post I submitted to Millionaire Mommy Next Door with a few changes. In an earlier post I asked, What do you fight about more? Based on your responses, money and sex are at the top of the list. However, [...]

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  The Smart Woman’s Guide for the Soon to be Divorced

  What do Juanita Jordan, Halle Berry and Sheila Johnson all have in common? All three came out on top in their respective divorce proceedings. If you’ve been under a rock and aren’t familiar with the final decisions, Juanita Jordan was paid $168 million dollars when [...]

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