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Ten Money Questions on hiatus: seeking famemonger to step in
Did you come here looking for Ten Money Questions? These interviews have been my Friday routine for more than two years and it’s been wonderful to rub ‘œmoney’ shoulders with over 100 people of prominence in the LGBT community. Some were fantastic. A few others were, let’s be honest… filler. But the majority of them…
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Domestic Partnerships: A Cautionary Tale about Love and Money
Walter Smith blogs at DaddyHunt.com and speaks from experience when it comes to money and matrimony (or in his case the legal and financial ramifications of merging assets). These are his words’¦ In all the recent excitement around gay marriage, civil unions and domestic partner registration the last few years, some of us might have…
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Stretch Your Food Dollar: What To Do With Brown Bananas
Are you like me? Do you buy bananas each week with the best of intentions to eat them before they turn brown? For me, it never fails. Whether I buy 2 bananas or 6 bananas, I’ve always got brown bananas before the end of the week. So I thought I’d offer a recipe for Vegan…
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Happy ending to Fertility & Finances category
Multiple fertility treatments: $15,600 Sperm donor and other fees: $5,000 Three IVF procedures: $34,400 Deciding to Adopt: $30,000 Becoming a parent: Priceless Since many of you followed our story (fertility and finances) over the last couple of years, I wanted to let readers know that our darling newborn son arrived on Monday. His name is…
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Surviving Financial Infidelity: Working the Plan
Recently I was pouring over our personal money manager software. I’d just downloaded our banking transactions, and I spotted a credit card purchase I didn’t recall discussing with my wife. Suddenly, I was angry. ‘œYou’re doing it again!’ I accused. ‘œDoing what?’ my wife asked, innocently. ‘œSpending money behind my back!’ I complained. As you…
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Turning Spenders Into Savers: Needs vs. Wants
In the midst of this holiday season, we spenders have to face quite a bit of temptation out there. While I do believe it is possible to turn a spender into a saver, I also know it will not always be easy. Case in point: my recent Etsy adventure. (If you don’t already know what…
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Group Gifting: Tacky or Savvy?
Everyone is tightening their belts this holiday season. One way to stick to a holiday budget is the idea of “group gifting.” Divine Caroline has noticed a recent upswing in this trend: During times like this, quality can go down simply because many cannot afford the higher-end gifts that they are used to giving. One…
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How are you going to pay for surgery?
How many transgendered persons are there in this country? I don’t remember ever seeing any real research on that. I keep reading and being told that there aren’t very many of us at all. I keep reading and being told that Gender Identity Dysphoria is a rare and exotic condition. What I…
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Grad School Search: LGBT Campus Climate Index
While on your quest for the perfect graduate school “match,” you’ll likely want to consider what I refer to as the “queerness quotient.” This not only refers to the level of gay-friendliness of the campus in question, but also includes whether queer-centered groups, associations, support services, and legislation exist within the school’s infrastructure. A…
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