Marriage Actually - An honest look at marriage

June 22nd, 2008

The Tables Are Turned…

The financial tables, that is. For the entirety of our marriage, and for almost a year before, Bald Man has been in charge of our money. By my choice. I’ve never had much interest in keeping up with our books. It’s not that I haven’t known about our financial situation, I […]

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May 17th, 2008

He’s my mule…

Not my drug mule…..my candy mule.
Today marks our 11th Anniversary (yay, us!), so we celebrated by dropping the kids off at grandma’s (thanks, grandma) and ran off to see Baby Mama. If you enjoy the Fey-Poehler comedy team, you’ll love this flick. (That’s not a guarantee, btw, just an educated assumption. :P)
So, anyway, […]

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April 5th, 2008

Marriage & Taxes - Helping the Family

So here’s something I didn’t plan on before getting married: helping out my in-laws at tax time. This morning on worked on my mother-in-law’s taxes… after having looked at my uncle-in-laws taxes a week or two ago… after having been “available for questions” with my sister-in-laws taxes a week or two before that. (I’ve already […]

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March 21st, 2008

How Much for a Wedding!!!

ING Direct recently released data indicating that the average cost of a wedding has reached £18,500! I don’t follow the currency markets closely, but that’s in the $30-40K range!
Holy Crap!

I know… I know. It’s a (hopefully) once in a lifetime kind of day, but for serious, that’s a lot of freakin’ money! That’s a college […]

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February 10th, 2008

Marriage and Taxes: Which Way to File?

April 15th is steadily approaches… are you ready? Not to taunt you too much, but we received our refund a week ago. ;)
One question you may have - particularly if you got married during 2007 - relates to your filing status. Here are some basics that you may find useful. Before going any further I […]

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January 25th, 2008

Tax Rebates: How Much Do They Want To Give You?

If you’re like me, you’ve followed the news on the “economic stimulus package” working its way through Washington D.C. with at least a passing interest this week. Kelly Phillips Erb over at Taxgirl ® has all the information you need to know. I’ll run down a couple highlights, and here’s a good post of Kelly’s […]

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January 18th, 2008

Tax Season Is Upon Us!

It’s back, as faithfully as ever. If you’re not looking forward to another tax season, remember the alternative. 4 out of 5 dentists surveys agree: Taxes are better than Death!
We’ll probably talk about this some more in the coming weeks, but for now, let me suggest you file early and file often. (Not sure what […]

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December 3rd, 2007

December Poll: Holiday Spending

Okay, this poll fits the season, and gives me something to be nosey about. :P We’re wondering how much you plan to spend on your spouse this holiday. I know we usually have an amount in our Christmas budget for each other, and usually end up going a few bucks over. We […]

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September 24th, 2007

For Richer or Poorer

The year was 1997. A young woman and a younger man wed, and they began the task of setting up home together. The young woman was unemployed; the bookstore at which she had been working had closed a couple months before the wedding, which was alright at the time. The afore mentioned young woman […]

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September 19th, 2007

Marriage Quotes #15 - Money Edition

I’m in a money mood lately, so here are a few quotes keeping with that theme…
Never marry for money. Ye’ll borrow it cheaper.
~Scottish Proverb
Marriage, like money, is still with us; and, like money, progressively devalued.
~Robert Graves
Someone once asked me why women don’t gamble as much as men do, and I gave the common-sensical reply […]

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