Are you ready to get married? You and your love muffin may have all the emotional and spiritual success stars lined up. But if you don’t have a little financial glue or learn how to create that connection, the chances of sticking together over the long-run aren’t great. Here are the 10 questions you both […]
Money and Marriage
No matter how together you are personally, if you and your “better half” are not on the same page when it comes to money you’ll find it difficult and frustrating to move forward toward financial security.
Here are a host of articles that can help you both communicate and learn as you build your financial lives together.
Is Your Spouse Spending Your Money?
Even if you love your spouse to bits, if he or she is spending your money it can drive a deep wedge in the relationship and cost you a lot of loot. Of course this is a very difficult subject to approach in a balanced way. Aren’t couples supposed to share and share alike? Not […]
3 Ways People Swindle Their Spouse
Do you know what your spouse or partner is doing with your money? Is he telling you the truth about everything he spends? Is he really paying the bills like he says he is? Are the loans you co-sign and the investments you make really as secure as he says they are? What are the […]
Lending Money to Friends and Family without Ending the Relationship
When I first got married and starting off in business I found myself in a tight spot. Even though I hated doing it, I asked a friend for a loan. Fortunately, we able to pay my friend back shortly after he advanced us the money. A few years later, that same friend asked me to lend him […]
How to Raise Money Smart Kids
I don’t get teary-eyed too often but when I see a young person really put it together financially, my tears of joy flow. Here is an e-mail I received from David. He’s a young man who wanted to go to an pricey college but didn’t. His parents played hard ball with him and, miraculously, he’s […]
Is It OK to Make Less Money than You Could?
From the time we are tiny Pilgrims, many of us get the idea that it’s important to make as much money as possible when we grow up. Many of us hold on to that idea for a long time. While maximizing our potential is super important,there are many condititions that make it smart to earn less […]