by Corey Beal | Feb 9, 2024 | Behavior, Budget and Spending Plan, Budgeting, Budgeting Apps, Emergency Fund, Finance, finance basics, finance date night, finance tips, Financial Stuff, Goal Setting, Monarch Money, money date night, partner and money, Relationships and finances, savings, YNAB
How do you feel when you hear the word budget? Most people we speak with physically recoil, admit they hate it and don’t want to do it, and have other adverse reactions. This makes sense as most often what comes to mind is restriction, not being able to do what you...
by Corey Beal | Sep 1, 2023 | Contributions, Credit, Credit Score, estate planning, finance basics, finance tips, Financial Stuff, Health Savings Account, LGBTQIA+ financial planning, Marriage Penalty, partner and money, partnership and finances, Relationships and finances, savings, Social Security, Student loan, Student Loans, Taxes
Here comes the bride…and more taxes and negative financial impacts?! Maybe. As unromantic as this may sound, marriage at its base level is the single most serious business contract you will ever engage in that has both legal and tax implications. There are a lot of...
by Corey Beal | Apr 14, 2023 | Behavior, Budgeting, Finance, finance basics, finance date night, finance tips, financial infidelity, Financial Stuff, financial therapy, Goal Setting, Investing in self-care, Investing in yourself, money date night, money trauma, Money Values, partner and money, partnership and finances, Relationships and finances, Tracking Spending, Values
Let’s talk about finances, baby, let’s talk about you and me, let’s talk about all the magical things that money means (if you are an 80’s kid, you know the actual tune this should be sung to). Yay! The one topic most couples love to talk about is money and...
