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• He's paying off their debt, she's adding to it

  Posted Jul 27 2008, 12:43 PM by Karen Datko
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  The headline on JW's post at We Need To Be Debt Free says it all: "What's the use?" He's been working hard to aggressively pay off about $41,000 in non-mortgage debt, and then his wife revealed at a marriage-counseling session that she's been hiding -- and using -- two credit cards.

  "When she mentioned it, I felt completely broadsided. It was like being run over by a truck," he wrote. The damage to his debt-reduction plans? Just over $4,300.   Read More...

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• Sometimes the best financial decisions aren't about money

  Posted Oct 09 2007, 02:55 PM by Karen Datko
  Filed under: Debt, Spending, Family, Marriage
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  Getting hitched to Mrs. Dough 19 years ago was the best money move The Dough Roller ever made, he reports in " My best and worst financial decisions ." Why? In the early days, she kept a lid on spending when Dough, a graduate student, was using the ATM "like it was a slot machine." Then, when it was his turn to work and hers to go back to school, she put him in charge of their finances and he learned the value of a buck.
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