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Help a Reader: Cash or Credit for Engagement Ring?

April 23, 2012
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I gotta great question for y’all today!  One of our fellow readers is about to propose to his girlfriend (woohoo!) but he needs our help first in determining the best strategy to pay off the engagement ring.  Should he use cash or credit, or some combination of both?  How did YOU guys pick up the [...]

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Does America Hate Money?

January 25, 2012
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That was the subject line of an email a reader just sent in ;)  At 3:30 a.m.  Haha… I think he was bit perturbed. Here’s the rest of the email below: I just opened my hotel bill today and I was shocked to see all the added taxes that were added on my bill.  Now [...]

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Help a Reader: “My Husband and I Spend Differently!”

January 18, 2012
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I think a lot of you may be able to relate to this one ;)  I know I’ve dated plenty of people in my past who spent, or saved, differently than myself at the time.  It never got to a point where it made a difference (cuz we of course split up), but when you’re [...]

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Help a Reader: “I Made a Really Awful Decision.”

January 4, 2012
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This is a tough one, indeed.  Here’s the email I got from a fellow reader of BudgetsAreSexy. Take a gander, and then leave your thoughts/advice below?  Thanks! I’m a real pickle, and my Google skills do not have me any closer to solving it. :) I made a really awful decision. At 21 I walked [...]

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“Need Help Figuring Out College!”

December 20, 2011

Hi guys! First off, in case I haven’t said it enough, THANK YOU from the bottom of my soon-to-be-parent’s heart for all the love and congratulations you sent over from yesterday’s news — you made the Mrs. and I feel SO SPECIAL!! Seriously, you blew us out of the water with all the kindness and [...]

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Dream as if you’ll live forever, Live as if you’ll die today.

July 28, 2011

There’s been a smarty pants leaving comments on this blog lately, and I thought I’d highlight one of them because the guy knows what he’s talking about :)  And he’s also pretty damn good at conveying his message. (If you’re reading this sir, might I suggest you take up blogging?) He was wrong in assuming [...]

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“I have made the decision to just FAST-I am out of control”

July 4, 2011

Check out this email I got from a fan who’s gonna stop shopping for a month. This is what I call passion! :) You put that much energy into what you do, and you will go sooooooo far. Especially when it comes to motivation and money. Hope this email inspires you, like it did me: [...]

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Nursing Homes vs Hotels: A 71 Year Old’s Take on Living

June 21, 2011

Haha… I got this comment on my “living in a Hotel” post from last year, and it’s freakin’ cracking me up! I totally want to be this guy 40 years from now :)  Well, minus his mortgage – if I still have one of those I’m gonna punch myself in a face.  But I sure [...]

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“A Deer Tried to Kiss Me Driving 40mph” (Help!)

May 12, 2011

Woah! One of my deer friends (haha, get it?) just emailed me this below.  Take a gander and then let’s help her out! :) SOOOOO remember about 1.5 years ago when I sent you a question about my grandfather buying me a car and how to handle it etc. etc. WELL… I totaled another one. [...]

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Help a Reader: Student Loans or Savings?

May 5, 2011

A popular conundrum I get asked a lot (like, every single week) is where to start when you’ve got two major problems going on at the same time. Usually, major debt & major lack of savings. I never know what the right answer to these actually are – in fact, I don’t think there IS [...]

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