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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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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MSN put together 5 financial rules to talk about before you start cohabitating with your significant other.  Some of these rules don’t really seem financial, more relationship based.  But it’s worth talking about because it can have significant financial impact on your life.
First have the “relationship” talk before you move in.  Basically it’s making sure [...]

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The always hotly debated topic is how to determine whether you are being Cheap or Frugal?  Well FabulouslyBroke talks about a new subsection of this debate “The Cheap Opportunist.”  She talks about her brother changing his spending habits based on whether he pays for the meal out versus being treated by someone else.  She calls [...]

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In any relationship, whether it be friendship, marriage, or parent-child there is always compromise.  A compromise of where to eat, where to vacation, what to buy, etc.  No relationship is dictated by one person, at least not good relationships.
But what happens when one person is frugal and the other is not?  Or what happens when [...]

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Recently outed on the New York Times, in a funny expose, a group of girls called DABA (dating a banker anonymous) get together in person and on a blog to talk about life.  I personally thought the article and blog hilarious.
So what’s a DABA girl?  Well it’s a girl dating a guy in finance.  Not [...]

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I just got through a visit from my parents.  Always interesting, always tiring.  So anyway my parents stayed with us and it was good. They visited me last year and I was surprised.  First time in 4 years, and a repeat visit was unheard of. I think it was mostly due to my siblings moving [...]

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Is money a “dealbreaker” in relationship?  If you meet a great person and found out after a few months of dating, they had massive student loans, some credit card debt, and a car loan; is that a deal breaker?  Would you run for the hills or stick around?
It was an interesting question posed on a [...]

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