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Designate a Family Office Manager | Marriage & Money

Family Balance Sheet

It was a hard transition for me to go from being an equal financial contributor in my marriage to staying at home with a baby and not bringing in a paycheck. 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.

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Find out how Jessica & Her Husband Paid off $175,000 of Debt

Family Balance Sheet

Along our part-time business my husband is a senior web designer for Ramsey Solutions aka Dave Ramsey. We live a pretty busy lives and when given free weekends at home we love spending time at home on our little farm. Both are equally important and both need to be heard and respected in our finances.

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Find out How Brian & His Wife Paid off $109,000 in Credit Card Debt

Family Balance Sheet

I work full time in IT and my wife works part time in retail. After trying to extend credit to finance the vacation and we were denied (best thing to ever happen to us) we realized we made too much money to be living like this and something had to change. We live in New York. We are a close family that likes to laugh.

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Revenge Spending and Other Married Money Tricks

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If he indulges in his penchant for gifting HIS favorite cause, I send equal amounts to my struggling brother. 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.

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

Family Balance Sheet

My husband works as an architect and I teach art part time at my son’s school. Our loan payments each month were almost equal to our mortgage! We save and try to manage our finances, but do so with an openness to give money away as well. Who handles the day-to-day finances in your home or do you work on it equally?

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Find out How Drew & Farrah Paid off $200k of debt, including their HOME

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Drew works full time for Department of Defense. Farrah works part time for Department of Defense. Who handles the day-to-day finances in your home or do you work on it equally? How often do you and your spouse discuss your finances/budget/spending? Equally, but Drew does the data part.

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How Krystal and Josh paid off $80k in 4 years!

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She is the co-founder of the website, Little Light on a Hill , where she writes about faith, family, and finances. Be sure to check out her website where she is offering a free finance workbook if you subscribe to her newsletter. works in outbound sales, and I teach part-time. finances/budget/spending? My husband.

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