How to Set Boundaries When Your Family Is Bad With Money

When I asked recently about bad money habits you learned from your parents, you chimed in with stories of debt, despair, and the bumpy roads you’ve taken to financial stability. But just because you (eventually) learned not to make the same mistakes your parents made doesn’t mean that your entire family tree is cured…

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Author: Lisa Rowan on Two Cents, shared by Lisa Rowan to Lifehacker

Buy Committee: I Moved North and I Desperately Need a Coat. Help?

Hello, Buy Committee, it’s me, filling in for your usual host Tercius. I’m writing this while staring out my window in Columbus, Ohio, where it’s currently snowing on November 7. As somebody who’s never before lived north of the Mason-Dixon line, it’s dawning on me that my coat closet is woefully underprepared for the…

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Author: Shep McAllister on The Inventory, shared by Ana Suarez to Lifehacker