You try your best. You soak in knowledge from personal finance blogs with catchy names. You live and die by a budget. You max out your Roth IRA contributions. And none of it matters. Because no matter how good you happen to think you are with … [Read more...]
Death and Taxes…and Divorce? Don’t Let Tax Time Bring Your Marriage Down
April 17, 2013 by 2 Comments
April 15 has come and gone and besides your finances, what else has been compromised? For many of us, it's our relationships. We've all heard Ben Franklin's famous quote, “In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and … [Read more...]
What’s Love Got To Do With It? The Financial Benefits of Marriage
April 4, 2013 by 2 Comments
Marriage is in the news again. With the Supreme Court deciding who is worthy of being married, it seems worth taking a moment to think about why even get married in the first place. Sure we can talk about the benefits of togetherness and the … [Read more...]
How to Date Online Inexpensively
March 6, 2013 by 2 Comments
If you’re single and seeking a relationship, chances are you’ve at least considered online dating. It became a hot topic among my friends last semester … two of them joined the free dating site OK Cupid, and we were all obsessed with hearing … [Read more...]
♥ & $: Planning Your Dream Wedding? Might Want to Rethink That One
February 6, 2013 by 18 Comments
I went to get my hair cut the other day and my stylist, Sergio, told me he and his fiancé have finally set the date for their wedding: September, 2013; only four years after the birth of their son. As Sergio said, “Better late than … [Read more...]
♥ & $: Making Do With Enough, Or Not
January 2, 2013 by
Wrapping paper litters the carpet, little explosions of color and desire. The fire once raging has now mellowed sending the occasional spark past the screen onto the hardwood floor, a threat so minor we pay it little mind. The children have … [Read more...]
♥ & $: Get Gift Giving Right
December 5, 2012 by
The last time my husband surprised me with a gift was Christmas 2008. I had mentioned how much I loved the leather jacket a girlfriend was wearing and he got it in his head to buy me one just like it. He spent days searching stores, combed the … [Read more...]
♥ & $: Banning Black Friday and Other Lessons Learned Along the Way
November 21, 2012 by
It was a tradition, something my mother and I did together on the Friday after Thanksgiving. We would spend the morning leisurely perusing the sales and then have lunch at I. Magnin’s, the august department store at the base of Union Square in San … [Read more...]
Why We Both Went Back to Work After Having Kids
November 13, 2012 by
Earlier this year I wrote about the not-so-insignificant costs of having a baby, and several of you asked about the decision to go back to work or for one parent to stay home. For those fortunate enough to have this choice, choosing to return to … [Read more...]
♥ & $: What Baggage do you Bring to Your Relationship with Money?
November 7, 2012 by
Please join me in welcoming Lisen Stromberg to Money Under 30. Lisen is an accomplished journalist who will be writing a new biweekly series "♥ & $:" focusing on how young couples can better tackle financial issues together. Welcome, Lisen. … [Read more...]
