Comments on: Review: On My Own Two Feet http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2011/07/17/review-on-my-own-two-feet/ Financial talk for the rest of us Sat, 16 Feb 2013 01:14:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Adam P http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2011/07/17/review-on-my-own-two-feet/#comment-952959 Adam P Mon, 18 Jul 2011 13:49:47 +0000 http://www.thesimpledollar.com/?p=7185#comment-952959 All valid points Roberta except the latest data shows the gender/life expectancy gap is actually closing fast. I don’t think women who entered adulthood in the 1970s and afterwards believed that marrying a man would ensure they never have to think about money. Certainly no one rational who was born in the 70s thinks so, anyway.

The reason books like this exist and put high heels on the cover and pinks is because regular pesonal finance books are extremely boring to most people (not us TSD readers obviously). Women want a little Sex and the City with their advice.

I still love the scene where Carrie is forced to buy her apartment and has no money saved or invested and surprised to hear that Samantha and Miranda both can lend her $15000 without breaking a sweat (and both own their own homes).

]]> By: Roberta http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2011/07/17/review-on-my-own-two-feet/#comment-952958 Roberta Mon, 18 Jul 2011 12:24:42 +0000 http://www.thesimpledollar.com/?p=7185#comment-952958 Women tend to live longer than men, earn less than men, and move in and out of the workforce more due to pregnancy, raising children and helping care for aging relatives. Those three reasons alone should lead women to be strongly interested in personal finance to protect themselves instead of assuming, as many previous generations of women did, that they would get married and not have to think about money.

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