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Would You Lie to Your Partner About Money?

Posted By PK    Last updated February 13th, 2012 29 Comments

Let me start by telling you (‘you’ might mean my readership, or ‘you’ might mean Mrs. DQYDJ!) that if I did I certainly wouldn’t write an article about it!

Still, I enjoy living on the edge. This is an interesting question – is it ever okay to lie to your partner about finances? We’ve all heard that “money is the leading cause of divorce”. While evidence is mixed on that front, the truth is that the number of money fights a couple has is a good predictor of divorce rates. While tossing out lies might avoid a fight now, it might also lead to an even bigger fight in the future. Regardless, let’s look at the cases for both. Pick a side!

Filed Under: Featured, Personal Finance Tagged With: couples, dating, engagement, lying, marriage, money, wedding

The DQYDJ Weekender (Week of 12/19/11)

Posted By PK    Last updated December 24th, 2011 5 Comments

Welcome to the Christmas/Holidays/Winter Solstice version of the DQYDJ weekender!  The three writers on the web site are Catholic (we’re from Boston, remember?) so this is being sent out on Christmas Eve for us.  Happy Holidays to you and your families, and enjoy this wrap up.

We’ll be back next week with more controversial stuff, but for now we leave you with the cream of the crop for the week!

Filed Under: Weekender Tagged With: carnivals, Economics, money

Carnivals and Links, Week of December 20

Posted By PK    Last updated December 25th, 2009 Leave a Comment

Carnivals and links for the week.

Filed Under: Featured Links Tagged With: bargain hunter, carnivals, christmas reading, gratuity, money, Personal Finance, reservoir dogs, shortcuts, tax hike

Financial Lessons Learned The Hard Way

Posted By PK    Last updated August 21st, 2009 Leave a Comment

Recently I received an out-of-the-blue request from Keith Morris, the editor of the new LifeTuner Chat Carnival and the Community Manager for LifeTuner, to write an article for the upcoming carnival on “Financial Lessons Learned the Hard Way”. First off, I’d like to thank Keith for tossing an invite my way and having the optimism to think that I might have something interesting to contribute. I hope I can offer you some first person narrative which you enjoy enough to finish. That’s the thing about introspective pieces… I wonder the utility my experiences have to you readers? Well, let’s toss aside the deep commentary and cornucopia of supporting links for a second and do some old fashion writing. Who’s with me?

Filed Under: Personal Finance Tagged With: bob dylan, frugality, lessons learned the hard way, monetary matters, money, optimism, Personal Finance, Relationships, Trading cards, Trust

Break in Case of Emergency

Posted By PK    Last updated June 21st, 2009 1 Comment

A commonly heard refrain in the personal finance world is ‘Keep 3 months of living expenses in an emergency fund!’ If fact, this is heard so much it’s almost become a mantra for people taking control of their finances for the first time. Where does this ‘3′ come from? Why do you keep it? All this and more will be answered, read on…

Filed Under: Personal Finance Tagged With: 401k, bonds, brokerage, emergency fund, espp, Finance, invest, Investing, money, mortgage, savings, savings account, stocks, Taxes

Carnivals, Week of June 15

Posted By PK    Last updated June 17th, 2009 Leave a Comment

My article “A Penny Saved is 1.76366843 Pennies Earned” was included in this week’s Money Hacks Carnival!

Head over to this week’s carnival, hosted at Own the Dollar, and check out the 69th edition of the carnival. The article is located under the heading “Frugality & Saving Money – $10,000 Federal Reserve Note 1914″.

Filed Under: Featured Links Tagged With: Investing, money, Reserves, savings
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