Do you have the money for your daughter’s wedding?

U.S. couples spend, or should I say their parents spend, on average, $20,398 for their wedding
Recession or not, our baby daughter Diane is getting married. After two years of being squired around town by young Timothy, who I regarded as a son after the first month, they’re finally talking the [...]

Endless love

Four Weddings and Stress or Saving Wedding Money Instead

Here comes the bride
And here comes another reason to worry about your finances.  Why?  Surely you’ve been in this situation before or maybe you’re there now—someone in your family or one of your best friends announces their upcoming wedding, and could you please be Maid of Honor or Best Man?  [...]

Here comes the bride

Getting Married? Shopaholics, Weddings, and Payday Loans

If it were up to Becky Bloomwood, payday loans—like credit cards—would always be unlimited, interest-free, and to be paid whenever she felt like it.  Better yet, they would be mere favors; after all, they are personal, right?  This kind of thinking about loans and credit, which she started in Confessions [...]