Category Archive for: ‘Women & Money’

• 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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• Friday Financial Thoughts: Simplify Your Life

  “Simplify your life. Get rid of anything that’s pulling at your energy, time, or finances-especially anything that pulls you away from your life purpose” Doreen Virtue, Ph.D This quote made me think really hard about all the things that I engage on a daily basis [...]

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• Frugal vs Fabulous: Houndstooth Dress

  In my quest to reinvent my sense of personal style to a more demure version of my younger self, I’ve taken a liking to the houndstooth print.  I’ve always liked it but never got anything more than a skirt that Ive had for over 6 [...]

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• Reader Mail: Will Children From Previous Marriage Inherit Joint Property With Current Spouse?

  Hey Ginger, I’m getting married in April of 2009 and have some concerns as this will be my second marriage making this a blended family.  I along with my fiance have children from previous marriages/relationships and I am concerned about whether or not my children [...]

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• Working Outside Of The Home vs. Childcare Costs

  photo credit: Thomas Rockstar Would you work outside of your home if your childcare costs you $3000 a month? Tawnya, a reader, just submitted the following comment about Stay At Home Wives Being The New Status Symbol: Women are generally super-critical of our own sex. [...]

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• Is There Equity and Partnership As A Stay At Home Wife?

  If you’ve been following our featured post, Stay At Home Wives: The New Status Symbol?, then you know that we’ve been having a rather passionate discussion around what exactly a Stay At Home Wife really means for a woman. To clarify: A Stay At Home [...]

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  Waiting To Have A Baby Because Of Finances

  Our parents had children in their teens and early twenties, now women are having children in their early thirties to late forties.  Some might ask what are the pros and cons of such a decision.  Why are women choosing to have children later on in [...]

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  4 Reasons Why Women Should Take Control Of Their Personal Finances

  Short but sweet.  Here are 4 reasons why women should be paying attention in the area of personal finance when it comes to their financial health. Retirement Are you hoping that social security will be there for you when you finally retire?  I hoe so [...]

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  Get What You Want While Seducing The Boys Club On Your Way To The Top

  I came across two books this week:  Women Don’t Ask: Negotiation and the Gender Divide and Seducing the Boys Club: Uncensored Tactics from a Woman at the Top.  They reflect my thoughts around women and how we can get what we want while negotiating with [...]

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• Women and Education: Why It Is An Important Factor In Managing Personal Finances

    photo credit: alessandro pucci Miranda Marquit is an editor for debt consolidation for DestroyDebt.com.  A couple of years ago, I knew a woman whose husband died. When it happened, she was completely lost. She had no college education, no marketable skills and no money [...]

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• I’ll Take A Great Job With A Man Sized Paycheck Thank You!

  The folks over at Yahoo Education published an awesome article, Great Jobs that Profit Women: Five Flexible Careers with Man-Sized Paychecks. Can you tell I’m excited? Maybe it’s because I’ve considered each one listed and pursuing two of them currently. So what makes them so [...]

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  It’s a Woman Thing: Men Are in Recession, Women Apparently Not

  At first glance, I thought women fairing better than men in the recession is because we are naturally more resourceful and flexible in our careers but I was wrong. It seems that the recession is hitting men harder because male dominated jobs such as construction [...]

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• Are We Giving Up Too Much: After A Baby Full Time Or Part?

  This is an old post but I thought I’d bring it back with some new information gleaned from the Washington Post’s article, After A Baby, Full Time Or Part? This is something I struggle with being a newly wed with the expectation of children on [...]

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  Get Your House Together: African-American Women and the Foreclosure Crisis

  photo credit: joelogon If you ever wanted to understand how the recent sub-prime mortgage crisis has affected African-American women, then this post is for you. Chances are you’ve heard about the mass foreclosures across the nation and even the phenomenon known as Jingle Mail. We’ve [...]

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