Entries Tagged as ‘relationships and money’

April 27, 2009

A $1,200 gadget, a marital dispute

First of all, I want to apologize for the fact that I haven’t posted much lately. I have a new blog at work—a tech blog focused on products and services for business owners—and I find that it’s tough to keep two going at once. I don’t want Monogamoney to become a chore, so when I [...]

January 23, 2009

How I got comfortable sharing money with my husband

Note: This post originally ran on Make Love Not Debt.
In honor of the nuptials of Him & Her, the writers of Make Love Not Debt, I thought I would harken back to, lo, those many months ago (October, 2007) when Jon and I tied the knot.
After our wedding and honeymoon, we immediately hunkered down and [...]

November 15, 2008

Going out to eat: how much should we spend?

Note: this was originally posted as a guest blog on Make Love Not Debt.
Over the summer, Jon and I let a relative stay in our apartment for a week, while we were away on vacation. As a thank-you gift, she gave us a $150 gift certificate to a nice restaurant. And this presents us with [...]

September 16, 2008

Polygamoney

I had a conversation today which reminded me that people who are dating, and not in long-term relationships, also have relationship-and-money issues. A friend of mine recently met a man who lived in France but was traveling in the US on business. After dating for a few weeks, while he was in NYC, they decided [...]