Marriage, Money, and Drama
When I first started this site, there were three sites that I aspired to be as big and as good as: The Simple Dollar, Get Rich Slowly, and I Will Teach You to be Rich. Ask anyone in the personal-finance space and they’ll tell you these are the big boys the girls love and the boys want to be like.
Yesterday I finally managed to get a guest post on GetRichSlowly and the comments have been fast and furious (51 so far). The post is about the things I’ve learned about money in my two plus years of marriage.
Not surprisingly enough, a lot of people disagreed with my thoughts on “we” vs. “I.”
My baseline argument: learning and adjusting how you do things is always a good thing. When you think you’ve got it all figured out, you are doomed. And boring.
Among some of the shots I took:
- I’ve only been married two years so my advice carries very little weight
- Marriage can never be equal so stop dreaming
- You must have your own money even if you combine your finances (which I agree with)
Check out the post and the comments—I’m curious to hear how JD’s readers differ from “my” readers (including all you recent subscribers).
