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Building a Marriage and a Career: Here’s What You Need to Know

Bronwyn Lea
Articles, Dating, Engaged, Faith, For Her, For Him, General, Interviews, Issues, Married, Money
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Is it possible to start both a marriage and career simultaneously and have them flourish? Yes, says Dorcas Cheng-Tozun, author of Start, Love, Repeat: How to Stay in Love with Your Entrepreneur in a Crazy Start-Up World. Dorcas and her husband, Ned, have put this to the test: they launched careers, a start-up company, and…

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What My Husband Taught Me About Money In Our First Year of Marriage

Amber Spallino
Articles, Dating, Engaged, Faith, For Her, For Him, General
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A common phrase is “opposites attract”, and when it comes to my husband and I’s views on finances, this could not be more true. I’m what you call the “saver” , and he is what you call the “spender”. At first these two separate views caused tension. When we were first married, we were young…

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Whose Money is it Anyways?

Miranda Menelaws
Articles, Dating, Engaged, Faith, For Her, For Him, General
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I checked my bank account and tensed up a little. Whoops, I mean, “our” bank account. As the days to my marriage were sneaking up closer, more and more preparations had been taking place. Pre-marital counseling, wedding dress fittings, and of course, figuring out our finances together and opening a shared bank account. The idea…

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10 Fun, Cheap Date Ideas for You and Your Spouse

Joshua Straub
Advice, Dating, Engaged, Finances, For Her, For Him, Friendship, Just for Fun, Married, Money, Practical, Relationships
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Christi and I maintain a date night once a week. With little kids, it’s necessary for us to stay connected with one another beyond “business talk” or “kid talk.” However, like most couples, spending money on a babysitter and the date itself can get pretty expensive over time. That’s why we’re creative in what our…

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Mine, Yours and Mine

Deborah Hightower
Articles, Engaged, Issues, Married, Money
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The ‘mine’ part is easy. The ‘yours’ part, not so much. When two become one, does everything become ‘ours’? Whew…that’s a loaded question. To which, we will explore the answer. Studies show money to be one of the top causes of conflict in marriage. Ideally, money and the issues thereof have been discussed prior to…