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Newlyweds and Money: Managing Finances After the Wedding

by Mary Beth Storjohann February 15, 2013

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For most newlyweds, money mergers and matters tend to take the backseat during the nuptial preparation. Planning a wedding takes a lot of time, focus, and energy, leaving the questions around joint finances to come into focus at a later time – typically post honeymoon. It’s then that newlyweds find themselves face to face with [...]

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How to File Joint Taxes For the First Time

by Katharine Paljug February 13, 2013

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Filing taxes together for the first time is a stumbling block for many married couples. If you’ve already examined your financial situation and decided that filing jointly is the best choice for you and your spouse, then it’s important to go through the process of filing step by step to make sure nothing is left [...]

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Married and Filing Taxes? How to Decide to File Joint or Separate

by Katharine Paljug February 11, 2013

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One of the first major financial challenges that married couples face is their first time filing taxes together.  Even if you are used to managing your own finances and tax reporting, adding another person to the equation can leave you facing a number of difficult decisions. How do you file taxes when married? Should you [...]

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Money & Marriage: How Three Women Figured Out a System That Works for Them

by Katharine Paljug February 4, 2013

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Deciding how to manage money after marriage is a series of difficult decisions.  How many accounts should you have? Who handles bills, taxes, savings, and retirement planning? How much should be combined and how much should be kept separate? These choices are difficult because there is no one right answer for everyone, and the system [...]

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Women and Money: 3 Things You Should Know Before You Get Married

by Jeff Landers January 25, 2013

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Jeff Landers is a GoGirl Finance expert and founder of Bedrock Divorce. Jeff’s book, Divorce: Think Financially, Not Emotionally: What Women Need To Know About Securing Their Financial Future Before, During, and After Divorce is currently available on Amazon. 50% of all profits from the sale of each book will be donated to the Bedrock Divorce [...]

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Top 5 Tips for Women: What to Do if You’re Getting Divorced

by Jeff Landers January 16, 2013

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With the new year, we’re all looking for fresh starts and ways to make our lives just a little bit better. Maybe you resolved last year to try and make things work in 2012, but it’s clear now that the marriage is over. Or maybe this had been dawning on you only recently, but you [...]

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Midlife Crisis at 30: How do you balance career and family?

by Erika Torres December 3, 2012

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At 28, I feel that I have reached that age where I can hear my biological clock ticking a little more loudly as I keep trying to climb the corporate ladder. And apparently, I’m not alone. In Midlife Crisis at 30: How the Stakes Have Changed for a New Generation–And What to Do About It, [...]

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Work and Family: How I Found a Balance

by Catherine Alford November 19, 2012

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Recently, I found myself in a state most women experience pretty regularly. I was overwhelmed, exhausted, and felt guilty for not balancing work and life as well as I could have. I was doing very well with my online business. Then, I was promoted at my day job and was absolutely thrilled. However, with my [...]

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Do Women Even Want It All?

by Lena Rizkallah November 12, 2012

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A few years ago a good friend of mine went through a mini nervous breakdown.  He was depressed and anxious because he was fast approaching an important milestone in every man’s life—his thirtieth birthday. He’s not the only guy who has experienced anxiety before The Big Birthday; my brothers, ex-boyfriends and other guy pals have [...]

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Three Ways to Save Money on Your Wedding

by Alissa Henry November 5, 2012

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When I got engaged, I didn’t have a clue what I was getting myself into financially by planning a wedding. Initially, my then-fiancee-now-husband and I decided to spend five-thousand dollars on our “Big Day” and we thought that was generous! Imagine our surprise when we realized betrothed couples (or, more likely, the bride’s loaded parents) [...]

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