Today my wife told me that she gets embarrassed when she is around and I try to haggle. I guess I can understand, I used to be like that too, and only over time have I grown bolder. With this in mind, I have to ask why is it that in America, money seems to [...]
The following is a guest post by my wife, Mary. My comments are in bold.
Health Insurance is a privilege, something that shouldn’t be taken for granted, but also something that is earned by many as a benefit of being employed by a company that shells out thousands of dollars per employee to subsidize the insurance [...]
As I’ve said before, being frugal is about controlling your money and making choices so that you can allow yourself to splurge, because if you aren’t controlling your money, your money will control you. That sounds easy enough but in reality living frugally is not easy at all. It’s something that I struggle with daily, [...]
Note: At the suggestion of a reader I am splitting the post into two separate pieces. Stay tuned for 10 Steps to Haggling!
When I was younger I had very low self esteem, there was no reason for me to be shy and scared to talk to girls, but I was. I was scared of them [...]
