My point was that single income families were an anomaly and there have always had two income/ two worker families. My Grandmothers were born in 1919 and 1927 and both had careers. My Mom was born in 1948 and while she didn’t work at her “career job” for about 10 years she did still work part time for the last 5 years…

I have never understood the aversion to part time workers or job sharing. We hold on so tightly to the traditional 40+ hour work week when it makes no sense to how we live the rest of our lives.

The idea of a stay at home mom has always been so odd to me even though my Mom was one temporarily. My mom went back to work when I was in first grade and I was too young to notice at the time but it was a huge financial struggle and was not sustainable long term. My grandparents were basically subsidizing us by…

I literally could not image this, both my husband and I have been through bouts of unemployment and they were horrible as both the unemployed one and the bread winner. My husbands company is being sold and his job is currently up in the air the idea of being the sole breadwinner even though we can afford it for a…

I wish I could star you a million more times.

You know people can’t just knock at Canada’s door and be let in, you have to go through the immigration process which is not easy. I’m a dual citizen I could be living in Canada tomorrow if I wanted to but I want to make things to be better here not run away from my problems.

It reminds me of the saying “ shoot for the moon, even if you fail you’ll fall among the stars” I would be happy if 10% of his policies go through but he’s not going to get that 10% if that’s where he starts working from he needs the starting point to be all the big wonderful all encompassing ideas.

I think it’s a rather generous view of rules religion imposes on women.

They have a special first time/one time only CD with 3%. The maximum balance is only $3000.I have a NavyFed and Northwest Fed account and the interest rate for both share accounts is the same at .25%

There is a significant height between my husband and I and it is just awkward to 69 and causes unnecessary neck strain.

I was an accounting major and this was the single most helpful class in terms of personal finance was called Principals of Insurance and Risk.. It went over how insurance stock bonds IRAs and 401Ks work.

It depends on the type and interest rate of the debt. It’s best to pay off debt while building an emergency fund to a certain goal depending on your income and debt. For instance pay off debt and save until you reach $1,000 and then focus on debt. However if you have a lot of low interest debt like student loans your…

He gets his medication it’s just the aftermath that’s funny since when push comes to shove BCBS is paying for it. They are both over 65 now so Medicare is in the loop with stuff as well.

When ever I work form home I piss off my cat because I get in the way of her napping. She periodically get up and moves along the top of the couch to follow the sunlight around the room. I set up my workstation in the corner of our sectional and that is unacceptable to her. The only other times she get up are when I’m…

My Dad has MS and both my parents have insurance that covers both of them through Blue Cross Blue Shield. BCBS basiclly fights with itself all the time over which policy is going to pay for my Dads medication. They get the most bizarre letters about it.

My aunt is Korean and this in no resembles my cousins upbringing.

I recently found one that has to have been under my bed for months and it had no sign of mold.

I’m really liking this stuff from chapstick. I took a quick look and is doesn’t appear to have lanolin but I don’t know any of the other names it may go by.

My mom gets this weird puzzle catalog that I’ve seen some of the puzzles they done in. I don’t know why my mom gets the catalog since she’s done like one puzzle in the last 10 years. I think she just likes getting mail.

I mean you don’t even need to do that. The dolls have soft bodies with a few minutes and some embroidery floss you can add any kind of scar you want.