The first after I became interested in finances that I saw a finantial peice labeled “for women”, I was confused. “Bwah? Why would it be different?”. I read the article, and what it should have said was “finances for parents“. I’ve got news for the author of that article– not only are not all women parents (I’m not, and I plan to keep it that way) but –amazingly– there are just as many male parents as female! Whodathunkit?

(OK, this may not quite be true, because I think the prejudices of our society make it easier for a lesbian couple to adopt a child than for gay male couple to adopt, but I don’t think that’s enough of a gap to assume that a “parent” is more likely to be a woman than a man, let alone assume that anyone with kids is a woman and all women have kids, as this article did! Seriously, had the author of the article never once in his/her life encountered a “Dad” or even a “father”? I mean, come on now!)

Some examples/for instances:
Car repair – mechanics can be either very patronizing and occasionally cheating if they believe a woman knows nothing about cars
Telephone sales – Have you every heard “May I speak to the man of the house?”
Shopping – “This is such a great bargain, your husband won’t even complain about the cost.”
Credit in one’s own name – “Oh, you don’t have any credit, all the credit cards that you have are in your husband’s name. So sorry you’re getting divorced.”

Generally, in divorce a woman’s living standard goes down, a man’s goes up (even taking into consideration children/house ownership).

Do you know an elderly (or not-so) woman who is destitute because she depended upon her husband to take care of her — but he dumped her for the latest model or never told her where the insurance papers were?

We all have to watch out for different things — sometimes our commonality is our gender, other times our net-worth, other times our jobs, other times our passions. It’s no different than seeing a book “Entrepreneurs Finish Rich” next to “Factory Workers Finish Rich” or “Finances for Book Readers” next to “Finances for Car Collectors” The basics (as Trent points out) are the same while the focus is a little different.

The most important thing that i got out of this, is that its the fundamentals that really make all the difference.

If you see some of the suggestions that are made in this book you can really see that they are simple things that you replace in front of your old habits.

who knew that a cup of coffee could potentially save you hundreds of thousands in the future.

I think if we sat down and really took account of where we spent all our money we would be quite shocked.

Young Investor

http://www.investmentrealty.blogspot.com

Also, are there any books about how to divorce someone cheaply? My mom would like to get divorced, but she needs to figure out whether it’s more expensive to get divorced or stay with her spendthrift husband. No, talking to him really, really doesn’t work: my dad hasn’t respected anything she’s said in 26 years and is not going to start now.

It’s a deceptively simple yet brilliant solution. I have been using it for years and have yet to need any other system to file my financial papers. I should have been able to come up with it on my own but alas, I’m just not that organized.

I’ve read the Automatic Millionaire and I don’t think he includes it in that book. I’ve read Start Late, Finish Rich but I don’t remember if he includes it. (I review personal finance books also and go through a lot of them so fast I sometimes forget the details!)

i own my house but i’m thhinking of renting an apartment with a friend and renting out my house. so i can save more. it’s a big step but i’ve run out of bigger steps for savings.