Everyone talks about the physical aspect of domestic abuse -- which is, of course, no small thing -- but there’s more to it. Conor left me not only physically battered, but nearly bankrupt.
abuse
cars
Don't you DARE spend precious hours of your life tearing your hair out over a new car purchase. Here's how to do the whole deal over the phone (or via email) and get an amazing deal in the process.
being a grownup
It is a truth, universally acknowledged, that considering the purchase of a house is enough to make a person hurl.
Marianne in
Issues,
being a grownup,
finances,
personal finances,
financial planning,
this makes me feel barfy,
house,
homes,
real estate,
class issues
Jan 10, 2013 at 4:00pm | 93 comments
finances
I don’t need some jerk reminding me that my borked student loan situation is probably keeping me from finding love.
debt
All told, my first experience with credit was embarrassing, demoralizing, stressful, and it banged up my virgin credit something fierce. But none of it stopped me from getting another card or another and another.
babies
I know absolutely that if I had less debt, and a higher-balance in my bank account, starting a family would be back on my list in a heartbeat.
money
I’m 32 years old and my family still takes care of me. If it ever was one, it’s not a secret anymore.
49ers
I only have hours to decide. Help!
finances
We've been playing a little game around the xoJane offices lately, called "Who has the least amount of money left the day before pay day?"
beach books
I didn’t plan to be a chick lit writer or a commercial writer or any specific kind of a writer. I just wanted to write. And I was writing. I was getting paid to write
finances
I was encouraged to be a dreamer like Ariel. To believe that whosits and whatsits and thingamabobs were just as important as knives and forks.
finances
I was raised with a poverty mentality. When it came to buying, I was that little girl again -- afraid that she wasn’t going to have enough
finances
My wife often makes more in a day than I make in a month. The difference is that she doesn’t turn it into a hostage situation.
finances
Yes, my life really is so boring that I get excited enough to wahoo over taxes. I know.
bankruptcy
Unlike sex, when it comes to credit cards, I don’t remember my first.
ebay
A few of my favorite easy-money-fast schemes for the financially irresponsible.
