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By: Key strategies to a successful budget | Sense to Save

Key strategies to a successful budget | Sense to Save — Mon, 19 May 2008 12:03:59 +0000

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Sun, 03 Feb 2008 01:47:33 +0000

[...] Manage Your Finances Together This is a great post on the reasons for and the art of managing personal finance together as a couple. (@ gather little by little) [...]

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By: How to Avoid Arguing About Money | Green Panda Treehouse

How to Avoid Arguing About Money | Green Panda Treehouse — Sat, 26 Jan 2008 01:55:43 +0000

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By: Money, Finance and Fancy: The Carnival of Personal Finance #132, Whimsical Christmas Edition

Mon, 24 Dec 2007 15:53:54 +0000

[...] Manage Your Finances Together @ Gather Little By Little: Glblguy appeals to couples: how about facing our money problems together, developing our financial plan together, doing our budget together, saving together, investing together? Could it be really that easy? Glblguy says yes. I will add that if the spirit is willing, then you could make it work. [...]

By: glblguy

glblguy — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 13:05:55 +0000

Hi Jeremy. You should just try it and see how it works and see how you like it. It’s not really you constraining your wife, but you constraining each other a little. If you’re frugal already than it really won’t be a big leap for you. I like it best just because it tracks our money so we know where it’s going.

If you decide to try it, make sure you come back and update us on your thoughts.

By: Jeremy

Jeremy — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 06:43:19 +0000

I’ve been on the verge of starting this for a few months now… I know budgeting together with my wife will help us both to spend ‘intentionally’ (which hopefully translates to less). However, I’ve been dragging my heels a bit…

We make a comfortable living (my salary alone), and generally try to be frugal. But we don’t really budget. I think it mostly comes down to this: by not imposing constraints on my wife, I feel more justified in the various extras I spend on. I know we’re supposed to budget ‘blow’ money. I think we just need to try it to see how it works.

By: glblguy

glblguy — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 01:04:35 +0000

Tasha, that’s awesome. You have a rare relationship. Guessing he trusts you because you do a good job. Sounds like he is relatively frugal as well.

By: Tasha

Tasha — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 21:36:06 +0000

i totally agree! i always run by my partner everything that has got to do with our money/finances. he lets me have full control of the budget, and even his salary! he’s fine with getting a fixed allowance. i don’t know why he trusts me so much with his money but i love it! :) he’s not too keen about “too many cooks” in our finance management.

By: Best PF practices of the year! | Mrs. Micah: Finance for a Freelance Life

Best PF practices of the year! | Mrs. Micah: Finance for a Freelance Life — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 18:56:48 +0000

[...] Gather Little by Little — Manage Your Finances Together Money problems and disagreements are the number cause of marital strife and divorce in the US. The [...]