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Wedding & Commitment Rings for Gays & Lesbians
“Love does not consist of gazing at each other, but in looking together in the same direction.” — Antoine de Saint-Exupery We’re still not pregnant but throughout our baby-making attempts Jeanine has sat in numerous waiting rooms surrounded by mommies-to-be. She has already told me that when she is pregnant and showing that she wants…
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How Do You View Unexpected Necessary Expenses?
How do you view those un-fun, necessary, “life happens” expenses? Do you agonize over them? Do you wish they would go away? Do you have to panic and beg, borrow, steal from savings accounts to pay them? Do you just add them to the already overwhelming credit card debt? Recently I’ve had a string of…
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Out and Aging: Gay and Lesbian Boomers
“To me, old age is always 15 years older than I am.” — Bernard M. Baruch Learning to Love Growing Old is a dated, but useful article that appeared in Psychology Today back in 1994. Jere Daniel writes, “We fear and deny aging, because we fear and deny death. In our denial of death and…
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WWYD: The Family Hero
In my whole extended family, I am the only one to graduate college, the only one to have lived abroad, and the only one to have a corporate job. (So far as I know, I’m also the only one who is gay, though there is an aunt I’m not too sure about …) Anyway, family…
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California Registered Domestic Partners Must File Married Tax Returns
Beginning January 1st, 2007 California tax law requires registered domestic partners to use the same filing status as married couples. This is a moment many of us have been waiting for. Our unions are recognized by a taxing authority! This changes the way 40,000+ registered domestic partners in California will file their 2008 tax returns.…
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Reader Appreciation Day at Queercents
“Silent gratitude isn’t much use to anyone.” — G.B. Stern In the past 24 hours, visitors to Queercents have stop by from Perth, Western Australia; Athens, Greece; Monterrey, Mexico; and Nanjing, China. I continue to be amazed at how the Internet is the superhighway that connects us. On any given day though, the majority of…
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Where the deals are
Macy‘s is having a sale, 10-50% off online and free shipping with $100 in purchases or more. Sears.com has “24 months no interest” on electronics, big discounts (up to $500) on fancy TVs, and free shipping online for $99 in purchases or more. Likewise, JC Penney.com has toys 30% to 70% off, and free shipping…
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Will they or won’t they?
Tomorrow, the Federal Reserve Bank will meet for their final session of 2006, deciding whether to keep interest rates the same, or start lowering them. (No one thinks they will raise interest rates again, now that the economy is slowing down, the housing market is in reverse, and big retailers like Wal-mart are stalling.) So…
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A Coaching4Lesbians Interview with Tret Fure
I am often in awe at Nina’s ability to grab interviews for the Ten Money Questions and Money & Mates interviews here. They are great and I for one love the insight into other people’s life lessons. The sharing makes us all richer. It is with that in mind that I’d like to point readers…
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Ten Money Questions for Susan Ryan-Vollmar
If you live in the Northeast then it’s likely you are familiar with Bay Windows. Susan Ryan-Vollmar is editor-in-chief of New England’s largest LGBT publication and oversees the award-winning coverage of topics near and dear to our community. I turned the tables and asked this journalist a few questions about making money, making babies and…
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