As a father now, saving our daughters from bad men and a life of misery is an important responsibility. I originally wrote this post in 2014 in anticipation of having a daughter. In 2019, I actually had a daughter! How is that for manifest destiny. Having a daughter is truly a blessing, which is why […]
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The only reality is the one you know, which is why it’s odd for someone to ever say you’re “out of touch with reality.” To do so would imply your reality is superior to another’s reality, which is arrogant. But many people have commented I’m out of touch with reality over the years because of
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Seeking approval is what so many of us want from our parents. Unfortunately, I never got much approval from my father growing up. Instead of being encouraging, he was often critical. Even to this day as a 44-year-old adult, he is a critical father of my work. Due to the criticism my father constantly gives
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I have a habit of rejecting expensive Christmas gifts. Even with revenge spending becoming a trend post pandemic, it’s still hard for me to accept expensive Christmas gifts. I’ve got a habit that drives a close friend nuts. She always buys me an assortment of Christmas presents every year, and every year I end up
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The average inheritance amounts by country vary widely. But they are good stats to know to understand why some citizens seemingly have more generational wealth than others. Average Inheritance Amounts By Country Below are the average inheritance amounts by country. Although the United States is the wealthiest country in the world, it does not have
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The following is a guest post from reader, Erin Opalek. Erin is a married 30-something saver who engages in synchronized saving and other questionable leisure sports. She shares her personal finance advice for couples. Over the years, I’ve had a bunch of married friends express a desire to get their personal finances in order. Pretty much
Resourceful women are great. They are fighters who know what they want and get what they want. In “If You Were Broke Would You Settle For Someone Less Than Ideal,” poor Amanda was destined to fail in comparison to six figure earning Victoria the way I wrote the comparison. I didn’t do a good enough
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A news reporter chased me down on the Upper West Side the other day asking whether I could share my thoughts on FOMO. I had no idea what he was talking about. “FOMO, you know, the fear of missing out! Doctors are diagnosing kids with FOMO more frequently nowadays because schools aren’t allowing kids to
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If you were broke, would you settle for a less than ideal partner to save you? This is the question some people have asked me. Given older women refuse to talk to me, I decided to have a couple conversations with two lovely, younger women about personal finances one night out of town. Nothing gets
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Do you have the fear of being alone forever? I never have because I’ve always been with someone since 14. However, the older I get, the more I meet people who are still single in their 30s and 40s. That fear of being alone forever grows. When I went to Switzerland this summer I had
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