Money is the root of all evil, right? You would certainly think so, the way people fight over it every day. Money is one of the leading contributors to divorce in this country, and has been for a while. While divorces strictly because of money are around 5%, 70% of couples attribute money issues to [...]
When we go out with friends and family, the question of how to split the bill often comes up. In some cases, you might even notice that someone isn’t contributing very much. While you might want to overlook it, it’s hard to avoid feeling a little uncomfortable and annoyed when it appears as though someone [...]
Money can be an extremely touchy subject. Even for those of us who swear money isn’t important, there’s no way to deny that dollars touches our lives in every way, whether we like it or not. If you’re reading this, you probably have a clear idea on how important money is to a well lived [...]
When a family member asks for money, most of us want to help. The reasons why can be complex: not only is helping family something that most people just do, but most of us don’t want to be the sort of person who doesn’t help family, either. But the simple fact is that offering a [...]
Recently, I had the opportunity to publish a guest post on managing tricky gift situations in families on the wonderful Frugal Dad’s blog. I was impressed by the insights given in the comments section. One comment regarding family pressure to “figure out” Christmas well in advance by setting guidelines such as limits or exchanging names [...]
It’s that time of year again when children come home from school with brightly colored fliers promising them cool prizes if they sell so much wrapping paper or x number of entertainment books. Often, they’ve just come from a pep rally of sorts to get them pumped up and excited about the notion of raising [...]
