Family & Money

Come To The Dark Side: How To Get Your S.O. On Board With Managing Finances

January 18, 2017

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Inside: My S.O. and I were on completely different financial pages. Here’s how I brought him round to the dark side (mua ha ha) so we’re managing finances together. I was halfway inside of a giant, steaming, coffin-sized metal autoclave that I was cleaning out when I had my financial epiphany. I’d just started…

Five Bad Financial Lessons From My Parents

January 14, 2016

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Inside: Not everything your parents teach you is right (but hopefully most of it is). Here are some of the bad financial lessons from my parents – what about you? Who wanted to listen to their parents growing up? Not me, that’s for sure! Now that I’m older though, I can see that my…

Five Great Financial Lessons From My Parents

January 7, 2016

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Inside: My parents had lots of silly ideas, but I should’ve listened better in some cases. These great financial lessons from my parents would have really helped! Growing up, I sometimes had a tenuous relationship with my parents (who didn’t?). Many of my memories about my parents involve them standing above and lecturing me….