Hello all. I have a prospective client who asked this question in desparation today. As this question has come up so much and is a core value of a marriage's success, I have decided to write an eBook on the subject and am gathering some research. What would you say to this man? And since I want to...

Last Saturday I went to the drag strip with some friends of mine. It's an annual event for us. We're a bunch of car enthusiasts who get to spend a day with some truly amazing equipment. For those of you who are not familiar with drag races here's a brief explanation. Each race is a 2 car...

A 46-year-old retired military woman called in to "Can I Afford It?" to ask about buying a piano. Admittedly she wanted to spend $35K on a concert-quality Steinway, but Suze doesn't criticize the purpose for the money-- only whether the caller can afford it. Here's Jane's numbers...

Although the link may stay the same, I've renamed my blog. Since we lost our homestead (the the homesteading spirit is still quite alive within) and I do tend to cover more topics than the homesteading mindset, I felt that the name "Simiply Basics" was appropriate. Some of us have chosen...

Katie needs some advice on how to handle finances with her new second marriage. Can you help? I recently married for the second time. Both of us have children and have been on our own. We don't know what to do about combining finances. We have different spending styles, and different comfort levels...

I've always enjoyed the "Millionaire Next Door" books, and Thomas Stanley blogs about similar research and surveys. His latest post looks at whether women or men millionaires are more frugal: Even More Frugal: Millionaire Women He says: [quote] I find that within the millionaire next door...

Recently I became aware of something that I'd overlooked for years. It's one of those little things that aren't earth shaking, but can make a difference in how we live our lives. It began when I noticed that we all like to do the things that we do well. I'm not a golfer, but I understand...

The Dollar Stretcher has an article up this week on finances for young couples. It made me think back to when I was newly married. Wow, our situation and our budgeting was different than now! Have you changed your financial habits over the years? Has your situation changed?

While reading up on Dollar Stretcher, I came across this article that was linked to this forum thread and thought it would be interesting to do it again. You might want to find your post in that thread and see if it followed you into 2009 and 2010. I managed to stay focused through most of 2009, but...

1. Wash your hands frequently throughout the day, before/during/after food preparation, after coughing or sneezing, after cleaning the cat box, after using the bathroom, and after handling money. 2. Consume no more than 6 grams of added sugar per serving per day (to ward off expensive diabetes and cancer...