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Most married couples in the U.S. accrue staggering amounts of debt during the span of an average marriage. Debt is one of the main issues that couples fight over, and maybe even eventually divorce over.
If the debt is bad during the marriage, it’s nearly unbearable during a divorce. Debt, even credit card debt, is split up during a marriage between the spouses according to state law.
We all want to have a dream wedding, but the reality is that we need to stick to a budget. Yet you can still have a great wedding if you know when and how to save money.
The national average cost of the wedding is now $35,329 as per the Knot, in 2016, a more than $2k increase over 2015. In this article, we will talk about some great money-saving tricks that we learned from real brides!
While money can be a great tool to bring wealth into your life, being happy and successful does not always require it.
Being successful in your life begins by listening to your inner voice to discover who you are, what you want, and what makes you happy.
Managing costs and saving for your wedding can be a daunting task, especially if you want a grand over-the-top wedding that you’ve been pining for.
Planning ahead and proper budgeting can help you save big for the wedding you’re looking for, cutting the stress and fretting. Here are a few tips that will assist you with your money saving initiative.
Pet ownership isn’t reserved for those with big wallets. Everyday people can have pets and be enriched. All that love and laughter can be used because you can budget for everything your pet needs.
Monday morning I met John at the cafeteria. He was brewing coffee and I was there for a cup of tea. He sighed in between the conversation and said “5 more days”. Seeing my puzzled look, he explained further – “to the weekend”. We all wait for the weekend the whole week. Almost 60 hours of time, but most of the time we don’t really pre-plan to do anything on a weekend.
There are so much to do, there are people around, things around. You need to find time and company of your family and friends. I have prepared 51 family fun ideas, these can be applicable to your friends as well.
This is a guest post from blogger Amy Davis from Slay Your Budget. She is a former therapist, stay-at-home mom of 4 and die-hard University of Pittsburgh Panthers fan. She made financial freedom a priority after their third daughter who required a 53 day NICU stay, 14 surgeries to date, and of course, large medical bills. Hope you enjoy her personal story and her values about her worth in terms of time.
In my former work life, I was a therapist treating children and teens with various mental health challenges. After an evaluation with the psychologist deemed these kids in need of treatment, they were paired with a therapist like myself, to formulate a treatment plan and commence therapy.
In this article, I’ll write more than 101 frugal anniversary ideas. I compiled this list after thorough research and interviewing people.
I admit I never did enough activities on our anniversaries. We have spent 13 anniversaries together so far. SMB (my wife), has a weakness towards the jewelry and clothing but what she’s most interested in is, spending time with me, on a vacation or simply at home, two of us! So our anniversary ideas revolve around creating moments and memories.
If you enjoy learning fun and innovative ways to reuse household items, you will love the following hints. Earlier we posted 30 Ways To Reuse Bottles And Containers and How to Decorate Your Home with Used Furniture. You can put your imagination and creativity to work in various other ways than those as well! This article is a compilation of many such ideas that came to my mind while writing this post.
There is no need to struggle to find your perfect way of reuse and re-purpose. You can pretty much reuse every household item. Leave your ongoing efforts to recycle and get to reuse things around your home in a smart way. You will even have fun through the entire process. First, you might want to find out why it is important to reuse. Determine your priorities and get prepared to cut costs.
Last week while coming home from a trip to Yellowstone with 100 other passengers in a 5-hour flight from Denver to Ft. Lauderdale. I was thinking what should I be doing there. The idea for this post came to my mind then and there. I watched people doing all sorts of things on the flight and made mental notes of the things I thought were interesting.
Some of the ideas like hand wrestling, playing card games on your tablet computer, knitting sweaters and writing letters, etc were originated in flight. I often find myself in a situation where I have nothing important to do. This article might make your free time pass by faster while you achieve some satisfaction out of it. Aren’t we supposed to make our lives meaningful?
