Posted On: July 11, 2016 | Posted In: Love and Money | Posted by: Broke Millennial®
A perverse game gets played in my family. For lack of a formal name, let’s call it the Percentage Adjustment Game. In moments my younger sister or I do something to jokingly tick off my Dad (this could be as simple as the time my sister saw Friday Night Lights and said, “oh, it’s like … Continued
Posted On: June 10, 2016 | Posted In: Love and Money | Posted by: Broke Millennial®
On Wednesday, I had the pleasure of speaking at pit stop #2 on Jason Vitug’s Road to Financial Wellness tour. Being one to relish an opportunity to broach slightly taboo topics with a room full of strangers, I deviated from all the typical personal finance topics and decided to address how to get financially naked with your partner. When … Continued
Posted On: June 3, 2016 | Posted In: Love and Money | Posted by: Broke Millennial®
Being relatively transparent about the financial state of a romantic relationship certainly isn’t the norm for most people. It is, however, the norm that Peach and I choose to live. While I don’t go spouting off his exact debt load, we’ve been vocal about the fact that I’ve lived a delightfully debt free life and … Continued
Posted On: May 11, 2016 | Posted In: Love and Money | Posted by: Broke Millennial®
“Hey – guess who got engaged today,” Peach asked. My stomach dropped. Our combined dance card felt dangerously full already with seven weddings populating our calendars from May to November. “Who?” I choked out. Peach smirked, clearly messing with me. “Not nice,” I retorted, while wishing I could cradle my travel savings account and whisper … Continued
Posted On: April 29, 2016 | Posted In: Love and Money | Posted by: Broke Millennial®
There’s banking when you’re married, banking when you’re single, but what about that awkward gray area when you’re single in the eyes of the law but you’re in a long-term, committed relationship? How exactly do you balance the books when one of you out earns the other by a significant amount? This question has been … Continued
