Archive for the ‘Couples and Money’ Category
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Solving the “What do to I get my Husband/Wife for Christmas?” Problem
It’s that time of year again. Time to engage in hanging stockings and mistletoe. Time for dreams of Kris Kringle and Super Bowls. Wait, something is off there. I’ve given up on my typical holiday-neutral stance and added a little football to the mix. It’s the time of year where things get all mixed up [...]
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Discussions About a Sudden Expense
Yesterday, I wrote how my wife’s friend getting married is a sudden expense for us. If you haven’t read that article I highly suggest you do, or this article might seem out of place. I got an amazing amount of comments on that post, I want to take a moment to thank everyone who took [...]
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A Sudden Expense Changes Everything
Recently my wife and I dined out a few times. While no particular meal was expensive, the aggregate of the three meals equaled 2 weeks worth of groceries. I didn’t think about it too much at the time. Everything changed with an e-mail my wife received on Sunday. In her words, “The color drained from [...]
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How to have a successful budget meeting with your spouse
Glblguy is the author of Gather Little By Little , a Christian personal finance blog focused on growing wealth using common sense biblical practices and based on the wisdom found in Proverbs 13:11 – “He who gathers money little by little makes it grow.” I encourage you to subscribe to his RSS feed. Prior to [...]
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Couples and Money
Matthew Paulson of Finance is Personal asks, “Should Married Couples Combine Their Finances?” His answer is an unqualified yes. One of the things I love about the Finance is Personal site is that it almost always gives me a fresh viewpoint. I think it’s impossible to give a hard and fast answer here. All the [...]
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Jean Chatzky Recommends Lazy Man and Money
The title of this post is a bold face lie – she is probably not even aware Lazy Man and Money exists. Perhaps she should start reading though. In her book, Make Money, Not Excuses, she recommends using a method remarkably similar to the one that Energi Gal and I use to manage our income [...]
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I think I’m rubbing off on my fiancee
We headed up to Hawaii’s North Shore a couple of days ago. There’s a good chance that when you are watching a surfing competition with 10-15 foot waves, it’s from this area. We decided to stop at the “Pipeline.” It had become so synonymous with surfing that I thought it was just a generic term [...]
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How Do Independent Couples Divide Up Expenses?
My fiancee and I have very independent personalities. When we met eachother, we each owned our own property. We each have fairly successful careers, though I must admit that her’s is taking off a bit more than mine. While we lived together in Boston, we split expenses more or less 50-50. When we moved cross [...]
