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Revenge Spending and Other Married Money Tricks

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It can start simply with an offer to balance the checkbook or simplify the finances by consolidating everything (into their account). At the time, I was working part time for about 8 hours a weekend, earning minimum wage. I wanted to buy a nice TV so I had to save up for it. Take turns at money management as well.

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25 Ways to Find Money for Your Emergency Fund

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Dave Ramsey suggests in his book, The Total Money Makeover (affiliate link) , that you create a starter emergency fund of $1000. Now that we’ve paid off six figures of non-mortgage debt , we are working on saving 6 months’ expenses and maybe even more. Remember this account is specifically for your emergency fund.