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	<title>Late Bloomer Bride &#187; Finances</title>
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		<title>Part Two: Finances and the Late Bloomer Marriage</title>
		<link>http://latebloomerbride.com/2010/06/part-two-finances-and-the-late-bloomer-marriage/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jun 2010 13:15:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Suzanne</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last Thursday, I wrote about how Husband and I manage our finances (mostly from a day-to-day standpoint). Today, below are some questions for you to answer that may provide direction around the larger issues, such as retirement, healthcare and insurance planning, nest eggs, children’s college education funds and other large investment-oriented decisions.
First, you are going [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Part One: Finances and the Late Bloomer Marriage</title>
		<link>http://latebloomerbride.com/2010/06/part-one-finances-and-the-late-bloomer-marriage/</link>
		<comments>http://latebloomerbride.com/2010/06/part-one-finances-and-the-late-bloomer-marriage/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jun 2010 13:00:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Suzanne</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you get married for the first time later in life, a little issue will arise sooner than later. Money.
While all couples are advised to handle this issue tout de suite (and before the wedding), the late bloomer bride has a few complications thrown in that our younger counterparts probably do not have to deal [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gird Your Loins. Marriage and Taxes.</title>
		<link>http://latebloomerbride.com/2010/02/gird-your-loins-marriage-and-taxes/</link>
		<comments>http://latebloomerbride.com/2010/02/gird-your-loins-marriage-and-taxes/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Feb 2010 14:00:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Suzanne</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am a word person. Always have been. You can play with them, re-order them, make them say all kinds of interesting and creative things. Numbers? Well, I only like them when they are really, really big, sitting in my checkbook not committed to anything in particular. Just waiting for me to log on to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Shifting Financial Roles in Today’s Marriage</title>
		<link>http://latebloomerbride.com/2010/02/shifting-financial-roles-in-today%e2%80%99s-marriage/</link>
		<comments>http://latebloomerbride.com/2010/02/shifting-financial-roles-in-today%e2%80%99s-marriage/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Feb 2010 14:00:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Suzanne</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I’m not sure how I feel about this. A new report from Pew Research Center came out this month that shows Husbands around the country are making financial gains by being married. This is new, apparently. Wives are bringing bacon to the table like nobody’s business and men are, economically-speaking, the better for it.
Historically, women [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Marital Gift Giving: ‘Tis the Season for Expectation Management</title>
		<link>http://latebloomerbride.com/2009/12/marital-gift-giving-%e2%80%98tis-the-season-for-expectation-management/</link>
		<comments>http://latebloomerbride.com/2009/12/marital-gift-giving-%e2%80%98tis-the-season-for-expectation-management/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Dec 2009 13:47:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Suzanne</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ah, ‘tis the season for making merry, singing carols, drinking liqueurs you normally wouldn’t touch, and giving presents.
The gift giving is one of my favorite parts. I love Christmas shopping. Always have. After all, we’re talking justified shopping. I love every aspect of it – the lights, the crammed shops, the hunt for that perfect [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Women Earning More than Their Men Folk</title>
		<link>http://latebloomerbride.com/2009/10/women-earning-more-than-their-men-folk/</link>
		<comments>http://latebloomerbride.com/2009/10/women-earning-more-than-their-men-folk/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 13:00:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Suzanne</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I imagine this could easily be a scenario for a late bloomer bride. I mean, we had many years to do, well, whatever. And, that often included a focus on career. Usually without children (though not always). So, this article on women earning more than men, was really interesting to me.
Did you know that one [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Money, Money, Money!* Must be Funny, in a Rich Man’s World…</title>
		<link>http://latebloomerbride.com/2009/10/money-money-money-must-be-funny-in-a-rich-man%e2%80%99s-world%e2%80%a6/</link>
		<comments>http://latebloomerbride.com/2009/10/money-money-money-must-be-funny-in-a-rich-man%e2%80%99s-world%e2%80%a6/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 13:00:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Suzanne</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Finances are a sticky-wicket for most LBBs. For one, we’ve made some money. But, so has the significant other. Combining our hard-earned cash was, well, a process. And, it should be.
If you’ve been the sole holder of the checkbook for a while, well, let’s just say, having it wrested from your grasp sharing it with someone [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Which Box Do I Check?</title>
		<link>http://latebloomerbride.com/2009/07/what-box-do-i-check/</link>
		<comments>http://latebloomerbride.com/2009/07/what-box-do-i-check/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 18:19:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Suzanne</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Given I do 99 percent of the cooking (and cleaning up), the social calendar organizing, travel scheduling (we’re going to Munich and Barcelona in September!), and of course maid service scheduling, is it too much to ask Husband to tell me which box to check when the Old Workplace sends me 27 pages of who-knows-what [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Did You Remember To Ask About Retirement Upon Wedding Vows?</title>
		<link>http://latebloomerbride.com/2009/06/did-you-remember-to-ask-about-retirement-upon-wedding-vows/</link>
		<comments>http://latebloomerbride.com/2009/06/did-you-remember-to-ask-about-retirement-upon-wedding-vows/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2009 13:00:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Suzanne</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to a recent Fidelity Survey, 80% of couples disagree about their retirement plans, making it a larger issue than politics, religion or household chores. (Okay, they might be biased). But, still, I kinda get it.
With the latest U.S. economic news and the dire predictions for the country’s superpower future, Husband recently surprised me by [...]]]></description>
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