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What to Do When You and Your Spouse Have Differing Financial Goals

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Despite our intertwined lives financially, we hadn’t combined finances up until recently. My financial goal is to save up enough to travel extensively (such as an around-the-world trip or maybe volunteering abroad for a longer period of time).

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Carnival of Personal Finance #316- Family Edition

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Hello and welcome to the 316th Carnival of Personal Finance- Family Edition. This past weekend I headed out west with my husband, brother, and his girlfriend to help my parents move into their new house. They are also there working with you to help you reach your goals; even those financial goals.

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Take Control of YOUR Money in 2016

Family Balance Sheet

We have new financial goals for this year. While we made considerable headway in 2015 with reducing our debts, we missed our goal of paying off a loan by the end of the year. Mid-Life & Finances. I’m there…that place that only seemed possible for my parents…MID-LIFE.

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How to Manage Different Investment Risk Tolerances Between Spouses

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

In Silver Spoon Kids - How Successful Parents Raise Responsible Children by Eileen Gallo, P.H.D. what kind of emotional issues you have with money and what kind of financial education you received. It was developed by two university personal finance professors one at Virginia Tech and the other at Kansas State University.

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Designate a Family Office Manager | Marriage & Money

Family Balance Sheet

Even though I was helping my husband from home part-time with his business, I still felt like I wasn’t contributing to our finances and that drove me crazy. But chapter 17 helped me realize that I could contribute substantially to our finances–just in a different way. No surprise there; I write a blog about family finances.

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How to Conduct an Effective Family Financial Analysis

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Are you having a hard time controlling your finances? Many parents are finding it hard to control their finances and stretch their wallet these days more than ever. Set Financial Goals. Think of this: Whether you are an employee or businessman, you have to set goals to be successful. You are not alone!

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Find out How Acadia & Her Husband Paid off $97,000 in Student Loans

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She writes about simple living, parenting and her family’s foster story at Fostering Simplicity. We have a 5 year old son and are in the process of adopting our 2 year old and 4 month old foster sons, making us parents of 3 boys! We save and try to manage our finances, but do so with an openness to give money away as well.

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