Should Married Couples Keep Separate Bank Accounts? Money Love with Della Magi

Posted by DellacloseAuthor: Della Name: Della Magi
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About: Della sold her hair for love long ago and has been making better financial decisions ever since. Real Zest writers contribute together as Della Magi to provide you with actionable insights on personal finance with the stories, ponderings, and solutions you'd expect from a group of women who think!See Authors Posts (1) in Money | 8 comments

Sep 01, 10

When Jim and I got engaged we encountered what seemed to be a universal consensus on money: if we were planning on being married for life we would have joint accounts for everything. Anything less than a complete merging of finances would not only indicate our lack of commitment, it would also increase fights about money and raise our chance of divorce.

Finding a New Perspective

Posted by Lauren PcloseAuthor: Lauren P Name: Lauren Parajon
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About: Lauren is 25 year old magazine editor living in Dallas, TX who thinks the written word can change the world.See Authors Posts (1) in Stories | 6 comments

Aug 30, 10

One day last year, I woke up with the feeling that I wanted to change the world, or at least, change the way I saw it. I hadn’t had one of those days since I moved to New York City the year before because around every corner there was another reminder of why I couldn’t (economy, job market, men are immature, etc., etc.)

My Teenage Daughter Wears a Diaper

Posted by Christina JcloseAuthor: Christina J Name: Christina J
Email: christina@beingmrsjones.com
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About: I love everything creative, from writing to painting, photography to sewing. I have a very positive outlook on life, and have no problem seeing the glass as half full, even when in less than ideal circumstances. I am a graphic designer and blogger, in addition to being SAHM to Isabella, and wife to Byron. You can find me at my blog Being Mrs. Jones and on Twitter @mrs_cjones.See Authors Posts (1) in Parenting | 5 comments

Aug 27, 10

My daughter is only 8 months old, but those fun, lovable, teenage hormones are already shining through. When I take away something she shouldn’t have, she gets up on her little knees, throws her hands in the air, and starts (presumably) cursing at me, in her native baby tongue.

What is on Your Internal Mixtape?

Posted by WillacloseAuthor: Willa Name: Sugar Willa
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Site: http://www.sugarwillaandspice.com
About: I’ve always been passionate. I’m a Gemini. I think we are supposed to be passionate.....for awhile, anyway. However, I also possess traits often associated with my bookend horoscope signs; the stubborn Taurus and the sensitive Cancer..... So imagine this....passionately stubborn, passionately passionate and passionately sensitive. I’m pretty sure that sums me up. I'm tender, bitchy, cynical. I'm a woman and a child. I'm very self-aware, yet still learning. I just want to be heard so that I too, can exist. Sugar Willa is the yang to the very real, very loving and sensitive woman she lives in.See Authors Posts (2) in Inspiration | 13 comments

Aug 25, 10

What are the tapes in your head playing over and over again?

When making decisions or thinking about your dreams and desires, do they often get hijacked by a but or an I can’t because? For most of us the answer is yes. The question, though, is why? Why do we allow ourselves to be held captive to our tapes? Or even the recordings of others?

Parenting is Like the Food Pyramid

Posted by Kathleen BasicloseAuthor: Kathleen Basi Name: Kathleen Basi
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About: Kathleen Basi is a stay-at-home mom, freelance writer, flute and voice teacher, composer, choir director, natural family planning teacher, scrapbooker, sometime-chef and budding disability rights activist. She puts her juggling skills on display at www.kathleenbasi.com.See Authors Posts (1) in Family | 6 comments

Aug 24, 10

We took three days away, my husband and I, on a trip for two. Our first in five years of parenthood. We flew to Tampa and started our weekend with a big fight in the car. (That wasn’t what you were expecting, was it?)

Once we got that out of our systems we settled into a lovely harmony. We walked slowly, holding hands; we sat in silence; we re-explored the sensation of dancing cheek to cheek. We enjoyed not having to watch for toddlers who like to escape, Houdini-like, while Mommy and Daddy are distracted.

In Defense of the Choice to be Childless

Posted by Emma L DevlincloseAuthor: Emma L Devlin Name: Emma L Devlin
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About: When English students ask Emma for career advice, she invariably advises they keep their bartending skills sharp Since studying writing and serving as News Editor for The Connector at UMass Lowell, Emma has been employed in bartending, sales, child care, loss prevention, building contracting, tailoring, graphic arts, consumer advocacy, arbitrating and most recently, risk management. Her various vocations have been fueled more by an intense desire to keep learning and experience life to the fullest than by a lack of success at what she tackles. Only in the past few years has she found time to venture back to her first love, writing, with the creation of her online personality, LilPecan, the social media rodent. When not pecking away at her keyboard, Emma can be found studying for her umpteenth career, this time, as a Financial Advisor.See Authors Posts (1) in Parenting | 44 comments

Aug 23, 10

I must be getting to “an age” because it happens more now than ever. People ask if I have children and give all sorts of retorts depending on my response. I’ve questioned male peers about whether they get grilled like this and some do but only by their mothers.