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Find out how Maureen Paid off $79,540 in Credit Card & Student Loan Debt

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Today’s Debt Free Story is from Maureen. She writes at A Debt Free Stress Free Life. Besides writing on my personal finance blog, A Debt Free Stress Free Life, I’m an adjunct professor at a local college and own a residential and commercial cleaning business. How much debt did you pay off? What kind of debt was it?

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How to Rebuild Financial Trust in Your Relationship

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

These people may accrue thousands of dollars of debt on a credit card their spouse doesn’t even know about. The popular sitcom, How I Met Your Mother, delved into this episode when Marshall discovered that Lily had over $20,000 in hidden credit card debt thanks to her designer clothes habit. Almost always, the lie comes out.

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Money and Marriage – How To Get And Stay On The Same Track and $999.99 Giveaway

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

You are married, you are each individually responsible for the other guy’s debts if they were incurred during the marriage! If All Else Fails, Get Financial Therapy! You could also explore actual therapy. And then there’s money. Money issues can severely hamper your chance of marital success and happiness.

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How to Recover from a Financial Mistake

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

After realizing a financial mistake, like miscalculating a debt or failing to plan for a bill, and then beating yourself up on top of that financial stress, you’ll probably want to do something to make yourself feel better. If you’ve amassed a pile of consumer debt, create a budget and see where you can cut back. Plan Your Next Step.

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Meet a Reader | AF in Virginia

The Frugal Girl

We don’t know what the future will be with her needs and I am so relieved to be able to afford her physical therapy and other medical expenses that have helped her so much! The weight of debt can be so heavy mentally in addition to the direct effects of it. It has been amazing for our finances and my mental health.

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Alternatives to College

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

We all have been taught that a college degree is the path to the good life, but is it still – when students are emerging with heavy debt and little chance of a lucrative job? But, at least I graduated without debt. Occupational therapy assistants. Are you afraid to go, and yet afraid not to go? What are the alternatives?

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Meet a Reader | Mbmom11, in the Midwest

The Frugal Girl

However, recently, I bought a specific headset for my special needs kid – it was to help with speech therapy. Once I was out of college, without debt, I had the freedom to make choices about what I would do and where I would work. Highly rated, easy to use, and it sits gathering dust. That is priceless.