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Money may not buy love, but fighting about it will bankrupt your relationship.

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Michelle Singletary
Age: 54
Columnist
Financial Planner
Journalist
Writer
Love
Bankrupt
Relationship
Fighting
Money
May

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The rich are depressed because they realize their money can't buy them out of their issues.
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Remember life insurance is intended as income replacement to help dependents and or/spouse pay for things that your income would have covered. When you get to the point that you're dependents (Your kids mostly) aren't dependent on your income, you could reduce the amount of life insurance you are carrying.
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Once you finish paying for college you could reduce your life insurance.
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I write for people who are good money managers and want to know how to be even better stewards over their money.
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If you'll have enough saved and nobody has to take on debt and you want to retire, shoot go for it.
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If you haven't saved, your child may have to work. But do what you can to NEVER take out student or parent loans.
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Having a separate fund for the things in life that happen, helps keep the emergency fund in tact in case you lose your job or income.
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If we don't want the companies to cheat on us, we shouldn't be cheating on them.
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Not all Trump supporters are bigots. They believe he had something to offer. I may disagree. You may disagree but we need to be civil to each other. Use the facts to make your point. I had read that the clothes made by some of the brands use sweatshops. Facts folks not feelings. We all have to live with each other and our choices.
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No matter who is in the White House, I just keep doing what my grandmother taught me. Hate debt. Save. The best any of us can do really.
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A foreclosure does not define you financially.
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Priorities lead to prosperity.
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Don't let people scare you from a career that may not net you a six figure salary. If you want to be a teacher, teach. But knowing that your salary may only reach a certain level, do all that you can to become the best money manager you can be.
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That's is life. You move and change according to things that happen to you and things that you make happen because of poor choices.
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There are other ways to motivate students than requiring them to take on debt or work long hours taking away from their studies. For example, we don't allow our kids to work during the school hours their freshman year. After that, they can work a little but not so much that it hurts their education.
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Save what you can toward the emergency and life happens fund. But don't worry yourself sick at the slow growth. The point is it's growing even it's just one dollar at at time.
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My writing is definitely influenced by and speaks to African-Americans because that is who I am. I'm black. I'm a black woman. I'm a black mother, wife, churchgoer, etc. I am the legacy of slavery.
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You'll feel better when you get all that debt off your back.
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We know intellectually that money can't buy happiness yet we spend and go into debt as if it does.
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When you give people who are being financially responsible money, you are enabling them to continue a bad habit. So you are actually helping by saying, Love you but no.
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