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Sleeping with Money: Oh Great, New Relationship is Now Long Distance
When a couple gets involved in a long distance relationship (LDR), they sign up for more than the emotional cost of being separated. LDRs get expensive to maintain, not so…
WWYD: Romantic Ideas for a Two-Income Household
This week's WWYD is a short one, but a goodie. I'm hoping we can generate ideas that are helpful for everyone. There are days my job is so stressful, I'm…
Almost Debt Free: Organize Finances with Goals and Simple, Repeatable Systems
"My fault, my failure, is not in the passions I have, but in my lack of control of them."- Jack Kerouac So now you know the difference between good debt…
Disproportionately High Number of LGBT Youths In Homeless Population
A recent New York Times article written by Ian Urbina called, Gay Youths Find Place to Call Home in Specialty Shelters, hits close to home for me, and perhaps for…
Almost Debt Free: Good Debt vs. Bad Debt
"When you live on cash, you understand the limits of the world around which you navigate each day. Credit leads into a desert with invisible boundaries." -Anton Chekhov Almost Debt…
MyMint Interviews John
The nice folks at MyMint interviewed me about personal finance. They have an interesting Personal Finance Interview series that goes around probing the wallets and minds of other money bloggers.…
How Many Hours of Net Pay Are Going Towards This Stuff?
Money, Matter and More Musings came up with a great idea to curb spending: think about the number of hours you will need to work for stuff. For instance, ask…
Car Sharing: Four Digit Savings (or More) for Infrequent Drivers
To the right is my dream car. Dark, sleek, severe, sexy and utilitarian. Yes, I'm gay and I want a Subaru Outback. In my defense, I was a young child…
What’s the Cost of Being Out of the Closet?
When looking at the high profile life of celebrities, do you ever wonder exactly how much money would be at stake if they were to come out of the closet?…
Sleeping With Money: My How We Have Changed, Dear
This week's Sleeping With Money lesson is a happy story about the romantic present and the optimistic future, with a little bit of brazen past thrown in the mix. It's…