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  • The Most Important Question You Could Ever Ask About Money

    What does money mean to you? A while back I talked about how this very question can be the source of great friction in relationships but it goes beyond that. Whether you are in a relationship or not, you are in a relationship with your money whether you spend a lot of time consciously thinking…

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  • Year in Review: The Best of Paula

    While we’re taking a break during the holidays, follow along each day as our contributors provide a recap of their best posts from 2007. Thanks for reading and being a continued supporter of Queercents. Enjoy! Most Commented: The Crushing Cost of Credit Card Late Fees Ultimate Tip: Bereavement Fares – What About GLBT Families? Recurring…

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  • Can’t Buy Me Love…Last Minute Holiday Shopping

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    We’re less than a week away from the big retail day of reckoning known as Christmas here in the United States. This coming weekend is bound to be filled with door to door gridlock for people headed to malls, outlets, and other shopping meccas. I will be far away from the maddening crowds opting instead…

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  • Sleeping With Money: Going Along for the Ride

    Sometimes the most economical way to have a little fun is to go along for the ride with a partner on a business trip. I never used to be too keen on doing this because the trade off between using vacation time and the questionable amount of time you might get to spend together never…

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  • Finances Troubling You? Admit the Truth

    A number of weeks ago I watched Suze Orman on the Oprah show. She addressed a number of people in the audience head on with no holds barred truth. These were people who were struggling with everything from dodging creditors because they couldn’t make payments to facing the wrath of a mortgage payment that was…

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  • Want to Know The Greatest Gift You Could Give This Holiday Season? – Free Teleclass

    Oh the hustle and bustle is upon us. Even if you adopted all those stress-busting techniques I told you about in last month’s teleclass, I’m sure you can still feel the holiday buzz rise. Heck, the darn turkey was barely cooled and the Santas and string lights were popping up all over lawns. Companies and…

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  • Car Buying – It’s Not Over Till It’s Over

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    A few weeks ago I talked about the process of my partner buying a new car. Everything went great and then it was time to go pick up the car and bid adieu to the old Honda Civic. I must say there’s nothing like detailing an old car and then trading it in to make…

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  • WWYD: Buy the Floor Model and Save a Few Bucks?

    A few weeks ago we discovered our extra TV had died. We had an old (think – pre-cable ready) TV in the spare room/my office that would get sporadic use. Mainly it would see the light of day if women’s hoops were on and I was working on the PC. The only other time it…

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  • Sleeping with Money: Buying New Cars

    Buying a new car is always a project. In our house it is one of those “sort of” joint projects. Because we haven’t merged our finances totally we each purchase, pay for, and drive our own cars. Sure, we borrow each other’s car from time to time and most definitely share driving duties on trips…

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