5 Things You And Your Partner Need To Know When Buying Property
After you and your partner decide on how to structure your personal finances, the next thing you both are likely to consider is buying a home together. There are a…
8 ways to appreciate New York City on the cheap
Thanks to Nichelle for providing this redirect on Keeping Nickels about how to plan a staycation in New York City. For our Queercents readers who are borough-dwellers or live in…
My Financial Implosion: The High Cost of Being Poor
'œAnyone who has ever struggled with poverty knows how extremely expensive it is to be poor.' '“ James Arthur Baldwin Last month, the Washington Post published an article entitled 'œPoor?…
Are You Willing To Pay For Someone Else’s Health Insurance?
Are you like one of the reasons I went back to work after retiring was to acquire health insurance. I'm a long way from Medicare. Or do you work at…
Monte Carlo estimator for retirement planning
How do I figure out whether I'm saving enough for retirement? What's the impact of one bad year in the stock market? How much can inflation erode my nest egg?…
The Rise of the Nouveau Frugalese Or, Why Those Cups of Coffee Won’t Amount to a Hill of Beans
My friend P. used to work at a local independent bookstore. She loved her work, but it didn't really pay much and she eventually left for a better-paying job.* This…
Being frugal with your time – making priorities in the frugal lifestyle
"Time is the fire in which we burn" - Delmore Schwartz Frugal, as my mother used to say, is not about being cheap. It's about focusing your efforts on what's…
The official drink of Jesus: Christians and MLM schemes
MLM = Multi-level marketing The official drink of Jesus = MonaVie Every few years, it seems that born again Christians latch onto the latest MLM scheme and use church to…
Queercents Weekly Roundup: The Sun Will Come Out Tomorrow?
I'm fairly certain I have seen the sun twice in the past two weeks and as a result that song, sung atonally by my coworkers, has become a fixture in…
Why Do Queers Spend More on Home Improvements?
A national survey conducted by Target 10, an LGBT marketing agency based out of New York, gays and lesbians are more likely to spend money on home improvements than heterosexuals.…