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Money may not be able to buy you love, but conflicts about it can certainly bankrupt your relationship.

Michelle Singletary

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Michelle Singletary
Age: 54
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Financial Planner
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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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You are rich if you have enough to meet your most basic needs. You are rich if you have access to clean water, food, shelter, love, a roof over your head.You have to count your blessings to see that you are richer than you think.
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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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The key to making sure your credit stays good is paying the bill on time. If you are paying the balance off even if there is something on the card in recent purchases, you are good.
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I think you can save and spend to live for however long you live. You just have to be flexible if things don't go as plan.
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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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If we don't want the companies to cheat on us, we shouldn't be cheating on them.
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A foreclosure does not define you financially.
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I love teaching people how to handle their money and I've built a brand on that skill.
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We have to protect ourselves by doing our own homework.
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