My parents have a will that is 20 years old.  Can you imagine if they died right now?  Besides the point, I honestly don’t even know where it is or who it’s filed with?  This uncertainty drives me crazy and is pushing me to get one.
I’m starting to research and understand what a will is [...]

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An interesting question was posted on the message board, would you ask your fiancee before the engagement party for full disclosure and a credit check and background check?  Yes or No?  Of course both parties would disclose this information.  Would this hurt or help your relationship?
Me personally?  NO!  Why?  It’s TOO DAMN LATE!  I honestly [...]

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MP Dunleavy wrote an interesting article about spenders and savers marrying each other.  She followed it up by talking about what happens when your mate can’t manage money.  Basically she said that opposites are attracted to each other, but people typically say they want to be with or marry someone with similar financial values.  Yet [...]

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Here’s an interesting question, does not have a joint account or joint money, mean a lack of trust in a marriage?
Most people would say that joining finances before marriage is a bad idea.  There is always the possibility of things going south and the relationship ending on the rocks.  However, there is also the possibility [...]

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MP Dunleavy writes an interesting article about being the Family Bailout Fund.  It looks at what people think and do when their families start to hit them up for money.  Does your family treat you like an ATM?
Interesting question.  I am pretty grateful that my family does not.  Actually if anything people treat my parents [...]

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How do you curb a spendy spouse?  Is there a way to train someone to not spend money?  Can you subvert your nature?  This was a question on the message board.
I believe you can’t change a spendy spouse.  That isn’t to say they can’t change themselves.  You hear about Dave Ramsey followers who have given [...]

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So let’s assume like most people that the man always pays for the first date.  Does that automatically mean the woman should pay for the second?  Or when is it proper for the woman to pick up the check?
Interesting right?  My roommate doesn’t really date because he’s too poor.  He said that in a HCOLA [...]

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I am part of the set of couples who share all money.  All money goes into one pot.  There is no differentiation between who makes the bulk of the money and who make less.  That we are equal partners in the relationship.  We both have equal says.  We get equal allowances to go out do [...]

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Fabulously Broke, yesterday wrote a long post asking should a woman pay for her own engagement ring?  Is it for financial reasons women shouldn’t buy their own rings?  Or bceause society says so?  Or because it says something about the relationship?  FB’s take?  Women should never buy their engagement rings.
First off, the basis behind the [...]

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My best friend is with a guy who doesn’t like to work.  Yes it’s wrong on so many levels, but she loves him.  Don’t bother trying to comprehend, it’s beyong comprehension.  She’s a smart girl, except when it comes to men.  She’s always loved losers and admits it.
But here’s the question I posed her, sure [...]

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