We at Make Love, Not Debt, wish you a safe and Happy New Year! Like every new year, we have a bunch of ideas and posts we’d like you to see in the upcoming weeks. Oh yeah, and we’re even going to update our net worth. It’s coming next Monday, so hold on to your ... Read more →
<pause> Deadly. That’s how I would describe one of the gifts that Her gave me for Christmas. It was a Nintendo DS Lite. I have already spent $20 at a local GameStop to buy myself a game. At least I bought used. In fact, I don’t think I’ll ever buy a new game. Only used ... Read more →
This is our first post highlighting articles from our writings at the MoneyMix blog. There will definitely be more to come. Where Are We? After the honeymoon we realized that we had to get our lives back in order, and for some reason that required us to drive around and run a million errands. Unfortunately, ... Read more →
Merry Christmas, from both of us at Make Love, Not Debt. Among the gifts that I gave Her this year, one of them is a $20 Starbucks gift card, to fuel her latte factor. Forgive me personal finance blogosphere, for I have sinned. Enjoy your Holidays!
We really like credit unions (hey, they give us pie) but because of travel it is more economical for us to bank with a national chain. It was to our surprise that during the summer of 2007 we were approached by the Credit Union National Association (CUNA) to be authors on a blog they were ... Read more →
A few days ago Her posted about my company not being able to cover payroll. Since then I have been paid. I also received a bonus. Wait, what? Here’s what I think happened over the last week. Our clients have a terrible track record for paying their bills (us) on time. In order to cover ... Read more →
After we visited some family this past holiday weekend, we went to Boston for a few days to visit some friends and do some sightseeing. We just purchased a new GPS prior to the trip and scored a great deal on a rental car. Just like in any other city, the GPS didn’t work so ... Read more →
It is noon and we’re just waking up. And we didn’t spend a single dollar. Black Friday, you may have enticed us in the past. But not this year! SUCK IT.
Back in July when Her had a wedding shower, she setup an ING Direct subaccount named “Big Dreams Fund” so that we could stash our wedding gift money there. And that’s about how far we got. For the most part, our wedding gift money hasn’t moved from our checking account. While we’re pretty good with ... Read more →
Last night Her decided that it was cold enough to start using the electric blanket. I helped her get everything setup so that we could enjoy a toasty night’s sleep. While setting up, we remembered something pretty funny (to us) about living together a few years ago. “Hey, do you remember when we wanted to ... Read more →
Earlier this year I posted about our tax situation from 2007, and what we would be looking forward to in 2008. Since Her and I just got married, we needed to do the usual adjustments for our lives, including the exciting tax situation! Here’s what’s been going on. I grossly UNDERESTIMATED how much money Her ... Read more →
If there’s something I love about you, our dear readers, it is that you always give solid advice (even if we don’t agree with it). I once again ask for your wise words to help out another reader. He writes: Before we got married, I asked my wife how much debt she had. She was ... Read more →
In the last post, Her did a good job of listing the emergency/insurance financial aspects of being newlyweds. In addition to those tasks, we also have many money management issues that need to be worked out. They are as follows: With the very large student loan payment gift, we’re now left with how we should ... Read more →
We’re finally back from 2 weeks of a Mediterranean honeymoon, and apparently our country’s, even the world’s, financial foundation is in deep trouble. Admittedly, it was disconcerting to hear about the economic turmoil when we were abroad. But here at home, things couldn’t be better. We’ve received a generous gift of a student loan payment. ... Read more →
Hannah blogs about money and marriage at Monogamoney.com. Topics include saving, budgeting, investing, travel, and The Dark Knight. Jon and I recently 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 ... Read more →
Hannah blogs about money and marriage at Monogamoney.com. Topics include saving, budgeting, investing, travel, and The Dark Knight. In honor of the nuptials of Him & Her, 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 ... Read more →
The title says it all. We’ll be out of town for the next few weeks enjoying life and each other. In the meantime, we’ve lined up some very capable bloggers to fill in for us. Hannah heads up Monogamoney, a blog about money and marriage (mostly money). Her and her husband are figuring out this ... Read more →
Our wedding is coming up soon. You know what that means? VENDOR PAYMENTS. WOO. If there’s a silver lining to this dark cloud, it is that we’re actually going to have money left in our bank accounts. No debt for us, no sir! It’s open bar, people. Drink up and get our money’s worth.
Eh, so in my last post I may have very liberally applied some IRS rules to our (well, the donor’s) situation. Let’s go over the exemptions of the gift tax again, shall we? Gifts, excluding gifts of future interests, that are not more than the annual exclusion for the calendar year, Tuition or medical expenses ... Read more →
9/5/2008: Updated post is now up – The Gift Tax, Student Loans, and How It STILL Doesn’t Apply to Us (or YAY for Unified Credit) 9/4/2008: This post has been edited for accuracy. Another post will be up shortly to clarify this one. I have struckout the inaccurate portions of this post, but will leave ... Read more →