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Ask Team Practical: Spending Guilt
When I first got engaged, I sat down and asked myself, “How much do I feel comfortable spending on one day?” and eventually settled on $2,000. Once I started researching, I realized pretty quickly...
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Built To Fail
by Jillian West of Electric Blanket & Little Bat Photography In less than a year and without warning I gave up my marriage, my career, (almost my leg), two homes, and most of the things I once...
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Reclaiming Wife: Trading Fear For Gratitude
by Marina One evening I turned to my husband and said, “I figured out why this works.” He looked a little wary. I said, “It works because we both feel like the other person is doing us a favor.” We...
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Letter From The Editor: Brass Rings
I had a panic attack at the car dealership the other weekend. A panic attack over money, again. It’s something I’d hoped I’d outgrown as we got more financially settled, but apparently not. Growing...
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Ask Team Practical: I Don’t Want To Be A Bridesmaid
Q: A close friend of mine is getting engaged in the very near future, and I’m over the moon for her and her fiancé-to-be! There’s just one catch: I don’t want to be her bridesmaid. Actually, I don’t...
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Ask Team Practical: Should We Honeymoon?
Q: I’m a few months away from my wedding, and I’m stressed and thrilled and so, so excited. I’m mostly excited for the honeymoon. Time away from work and wedding planning and family craziness with the...
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Ask Team Practical: My Parents’ Guests
e Q: We’re in the midst of planning a wedding for next summer. It’s been a whirlwind and it’s been a challenge to have a wedding that would be APW-approved… not ridiculously expensive, not huge, and...
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How We Do It: Personal Budgeting When You’re No Longer Broke
There’s something powerful (and educational) about hearing how other couples are managing the logistics of partnership, because surprise, surprise, there isn’t exactly a road map to making a household...
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My Parents Gave Too Much And I Can’t Shake The Guilt
Q: My parents are not wealthy people; my dad has been a hardworking, blue-collar worker for almost forty years and my mom stayed at home with us. They are in their sixties now, and my father is...
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How I Slayed My Secret Money Shame and Rescued Myself from Debt
Last week I went to my bank’s web page, braced myself, and logged in. When the website had finished identifying and verifying me, I went to my account summary, covered my eyes, peeked through my...
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