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Money Audit

Managing Money With Your Partner When You Earn More

May 15, 2018 / Farnoosh Torabi

Four years ago this month, I published When She Makes More, a guide for higher-earning married women who want to master their finances and thrive in their relationships. Earning more money, as the wife in your hetero-relationship, may seem innocuous....

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Family Finances

After the Wedding: Joining Accounts & More

July 6, 2017July 30, 2018 / Jessica Naziri

After the Wedding: Joining Accounts and More

Hey everyone, thank you or your well wishes and sweet notes. I’m married! But guess what? Once you’re married and starting your happily ever after, you must still discuss finances. Now our conversations are changing. Initially, it was about budgeting...

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Budgeting, Family Finances

How To Create A Wedding Budget

June 22, 2017July 30, 2018 / Jessica Naziri

Let’s be real, here. Weddings are expensive! Whether you’re paying for it yourself or you have amazing family members helping you. But no matter who is paying for it, you need to make and stick to a budget in your...

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Family Finances

How to Have THE Talk With Your Fiancé

June 15, 2017 / Jessica Naziri

Family Finances

What To Discuss For a Healthy Financial Future

June 1, 2017 / Jessica Naziri

When it comes to a healthy relationship, it’s very important to talk about money management, how you’re going to budget, save, everything. Joining two lives is complicated enough without forgetting to talk about how you’re going to use money, split...

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How To

Money & Relationships: In Love with Your Financial Opposite? How to Make It Work

May 30, 2017 / Farnoosh Torabi

You’re a goody-two-shoes saver. Your partner’s a wild spender. You’re obsessed with investing. He doesn’t know the difference between ROTH and traditional IRAs. You track your spending on the Mint app daily. She waits to review her spending until the...

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Family Finances

Finances and Engagement: The MONEY Talk

May 18, 2017 / Jessica Naziri

Congratulations on your engagement! You and your significant other are perfect for each other, and you want to spend the rest of your lives together. But did you have the talk? You’re probably thinking, “What talk?” Let’s talk about MONEY....

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Ask Farnoosh

Ask Farnoosh: How to Help My S.O. with His Debt?

February 21, 2017 / Farnoosh Torabi

Dear Farnoosh, My significant other has a lot of credit card debt. I want to help him, but avoid handing over cash from my savings. What’s a smart way to support him that benefits the both of us in the...

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