Wealthy Single Mommy - Page 12 of 16 - The business of building a rich family -- all by yourself

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Posted on: 10-14-2012 With: 28 Comments Posted by: Emma
You cannot afford to be a SAHM
The argument is over: You absolutely, positively cannot afford to be a fulltime stay-at-home mom. Save it. Just save it! No need to delve into arguments about personal choice or what is good for children or families. That’s all been hashed out in the mommy …
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Posted on: 10-12-2012 With: 11 Comments Posted by: Emma
WTF Friday: How can I maintain my wealthy lifestyle post-divorce
This is the first installment of WTF Fridays, where readers write in with their questions about money and being a single mom. Dear Emma: WTF? My husband of 15 years just up and left me for a younger woman. Old story, I know – …
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Posted on: 10-10-2012 With: 12 Comments Posted by: Emma
“I was a confident single mom by choice. Then I lost my job.”
Guest post by Nina Siegal, an American freelance journalist living in Amsterdam and single mom to a 5-month-old daughter. The story of how I became a single mother is not a new one. But my relationship to my money problems is. It has almost become …
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Posted on: 10-5-2012 With: 31 Comments Posted by: Emma
You are stupid if you do your own laundry
I refuse to do laundry. That’s a bit of an overstatement, but I really, really hate to do the wash, and I really, really hate the fold. The sorting and cycling and hauling of this never-ending chore so tedious, so mundane and omnipotent that it …
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Posted on: 10-3-2012 With: 4 Comments Posted by: Emma
Granny got it wrong: Why penny-pinching makes you poor
Guest post by Kate Hanley, a mind-body coach and yoga teacher who blogs at MsMindbody.com. She is the author of The Anywhere, Anytime Chill Guide. The basics of personal finance advice dictate that whenever times get tough (and going through a divorce when you’ve got …
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Posted on: 10-1-2012 With: 0 Comments Posted by: Emma
Why Johnny Cash reminds me to appreciate my riches
This post was originally written for Wells Fargo’s blog contest. It lost. On the 1st of each month, I wake up energized by a full night’s sleep to my 2- and 4-year olds’ sleepy requests for snuggles. Then we launch into our hectic, insane life. …
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Posted on: 09-28-2012 With: 11 Comments Posted by: Emma
Co-sleeping and the single mom
The New York Times “Motherlode” blog has a lively discussion going about getting kids out of the marital bed. I can relate, even if my queen-size pillowtop is not of the marital variety. Who couldn’t love this guy who wrote the blog, pleading for advice …
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Posted on: 09-25-2012 With: 2 Comments Posted by: Emma
Single mom on the prairie
Helena and I have been reading chapter books, and our latest is On the Banks of Plum Creek – part of the Little House series and one of my own childhood favorites. That Helena, 4, is so interested in the workaday happenings of Laura, Mary …

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