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  • Stay at Home Mom vs. Returning to Work: A Cost Analysis

    You’ve likely seen the “mom salary” story:  what is a stay at home mom worth in dollars if paid by an employer for her daily duties?  The most recent figure was just under $117k.  While this is certainly flattering to a stay at home mom, [...]

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  • Does The New CardAct Law Discriminate Against Stay At Home Parents?

    Have you read about the CardACT legislation that went into effect, October 1, 2011?  If not, read up here: The Federal Reserve’s rule told credit card companies that they no longer can consider household income when assessing the creditworthiness of an individual who applies for [...]

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  • Interview At FounderTips.com

    I don’t usually post interviews that I do elsewhere on the net where but I really enjoyed this one!  This is probably one of the better and more personal interviews I’ve done as I generally don’t share much about my personal life or inner thoughts [...]

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  • Women And Money: The Road Back To Financial Independence

    Women are the default partners who volunteer to take care of children when they are sick or just by default of having a child. They decide to stay at home which can have detrimental effects on their career when getting back into the workplace. Sadly, [...]

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  • Avon Interview: Be Your Best with the Best

      Last week, I had the opportunity to interview Becky, an Avon representative who makes extra money selling products to family and friends.  What I loved about this interview, is the no-pressure attitude that Becky takes to selling products.  She does it when she can [...]

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  • Check His Credit: The Fallout And My Response

    Earlier this week the post, Reason #423 Why You Should Check His Credit went live on this site.  What followed was angry commentary from men who were no less than PISSED that I advocate that a women be financially knowledgeable about a man’s finances before saying I [...]

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  • Dutch On The First Date: Why or Why Not?

      Would you go dutch on the first date?  Tell me why or why not?

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  • Journey To Motherhood: How Did You Know You Were Ready To Become A Mother?

    How did you know you were ready to become a mom?  Did something just switch on?  I’ll be honest and say I don’t know that I was ready to be “wife” until 1.5 years into our marriage.  The intent was there but to really step [...]

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  • Stay At Home Moms And The What If Factor?

    So with all this talk about motherhood, my husband and I have been having pretty frank discussions about my reservations around having a child right now, one of them that I haven’t discussed being adequate and quality childcare. He then asked if I would consider [...]

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  • The Downside Of The SuperWoman Syndrome: Do Men Really Want A Strong Woman?

    Do men really want a strong woman or is that just something that they say until they actually have a career oriented, driven, opinionated woman in their lives? You know who she is… she cooks, cleans, pays the bills, takes care of the kids/husband and/or [...]

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  • Recessionistas Fight Back: Going From Jobless To Topless

    Courtesy of VodPod Despite the recession, some industries are still going strong, and apparently long and hard through the night if you get my drift. White collar women who once held top dollar jobs on Wall Street are now shakin it fast on easy street [...]

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  • Feminism 2.0: Highlighting Society’s Issues and Women’s Voices

    If the first woman God ever made was strong enough to turn the world upside down all alone, these women together ought to be able to turn it back , and get it right side up again! And now they is asking to do it, [...]

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  • Recession Reality Hits DABA Girls

    Most of you by now have read the New York Times article on the DABA Girls AKA Dating A Banker Anonymous Girls.  They’ve received both positive and negative attention around their support group and blog for women who’s “dating a banker” relationships have hit the [...]

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  • 4 Fiscal Tips For The Savvy Single Woman

    This is a guest post by Yolanda Shoshana. Yolanda Shoshana “Shoshi” is a personality, lifestyle expert, life coach, and speaker living in New York City known as the “Luscious Lifestyle Diva”. Her blog is “The Luscious Life” which gives the 411 on lifestyle, motivation, food, [...]

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  • Toxic Wife Economics: How To Spot A Toxic Wife

    It’s been a long time but I’m back in the saddle with a new article for you.  Have you heard of a “toxic wife”?  I sure haven’t.  We’ve had our share of stay at home wives vs stay at home moms vs working wives/women debates [...]

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