I was recently asked this question by a young adult. Does it take a lot of money to be married is a good question. The person did not ask does it take a lot of money to “get” married, that’s an easy question to answer. No, the question asked was much harder. Does it take a lot of money to be married – that is a tough one because “a lot” of money is very relative, there are also … [Read more...]
3 Strategies to Keep Money Problems from Breaking Your Marriage
When there are money challenges in a marriage things can be tough. You can let the challenge strengthen your marriage, making it stronger. Or, you can let it tear you apart. Please don’t let it tear you apart. You can work together through the scarcity and draw in closer to one another. When you work together towards your goals you accomplish more than you ever could on your … [Read more...]
Single & Free to Do What I Want: 6 Tips for Good Money Habits
One of many favorite things about being single is financial freedom. When you don’t have someone else depending on you, it’s amazing how much “stuff” we can accumulate. We can buy what we want when we want. And as long as our immediate necessities are met, we can basically live with very little sense of responsibility. The issue with this is that it becomes easy to develop bad … [Read more...]