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Relationships

Fighting Fair

This was a guest post on another site early last year. Everyone, at times, has disagreements. How boring would life be if everyone agreed all of the time? How you handle those disagreements may mean disaster. This is particularly true when you are arguing with your spouse. You spend most non-working moments with this one…

A Perfectly Maid Home

Last night, I got home after a 13 hour day at the office and found a spotlessly clean house.  The laundry was folded.  The dishes were done, and everything was put away. It was great. I work 80 hours a week, 90 if you count commuting time. That’s about 50 hours at my day job,…

Hunting Trip Stress

Vegans and hippies won’t enjoy this post. Friday, I went to a cabin in the woods for a weekend hunting trip with my dad, my brother, and a few other people. My wife didn’t think it’s a good idea.   In fact, she was terrified that I’d  walk into the woods and come out in…

Invisible Cushion

Earlier this year, we experimented with abandoning the strict budget in favor of automating as much as possible on our credit card, and keeping our discretionary spending under control, but on the same card. We failed.   It was 2 parts lack of communication, 3 parts lack of discipline, and 1 part “we’re dumb”.  …