The Frugal Girl

MARCH 11, 2024

This posed the problem of paying in full for both our health insurance plans since our employers no longer contributed to our healthcare needs. We seldom took vacations when we worked due to hectic work schedules, two children in college and maxing out our retirement plans to retire early. What’s your best frugal win?

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Florida Cruises Cruise Health Insurance 130

Penny Pinchin' Mom

DECEMBER 17, 2023

The post Managing Family Finances: Tips and Strategies for a Better Financial Future appeared first on Penny Pinchin' Mom. Family finances can be tricky! I have a bunch of lovable relatives (my nuclear family) who believe we are somehow made of money. You need the entire family pulling in the same direction.

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

MAY 7, 2013

Dad claimed that the only thing my college days did were to make me into a smoker! I come from a family that never smoked – generations that never smoked. It was my boyfriend’s example in college. My college freshman roommate tried to talk me out of smoking, without success. I didn’t know anyone who smoked.

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College Health Insurance Kids and Family Therapy 187

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

OCTOBER 31, 2012

She (we will call her Susan, although that is not her name) started life as a member of an industrious lower middle class family – one sibling, two parents married to each other. Her dream of becoming a college professor died when her dissertation was not accepted and she did not win the doctorate. Sink Into Depression.

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Friends And Family Sale Taxes Insurance Money 189

Family Balance Sheet

JANUARY 17, 2018

I won’t rehash our health insurance story here, because I have written extensively about it and INCLUDED OUR NUMBERS. We blew through our health savings account, and now need to save another $10k so we’re not caught off guard if another emergency were to happen. Read our Health Insurance Story: .

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Financial Goals Goals 2018 Debt 113

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

JANUARY 22, 2013

According to an article that was published on Investment News last June, it costs approximately $235,000 to raise a child and that’s not even counting their college tuition ! They are miracles, they are blessings and something else that they are is very expensive. What’s My Living Situation? It’s OK to do that.

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