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It’s My Birthday: Should I Get Botox?
On the high cost of “anti-aging”
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Lindsey Stanberry
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Home Economics No. 16: A Stay-at-Home Mom & a Medical Resident with 2 Kids Living on $77k a Year
$975 for daycare, $1,289 for rent, $60 for hospital indemnity insurance
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Lindsey Stanberry
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Division of Labor No. 12: A Child-Free Couple in Rural Wisconsin
Reading Substacks, listening to podcasts, and volunteering for the local political campaigns
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Lindsey Stanberry
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Where do we go from here?
And what do we tell our kids?
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Lindsey Stanberry
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In Her Purse: The Shine Theory Edition
Let's celebrate the amazing women in our lives
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Lindsey Stanberry
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October 2024

October Receipts
You've got to spend money to make money?
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Lindsey Stanberry
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Is everyone but me taking $10,000 vacations?
I think Instagram has broken my brain.
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Lindsey Stanberry
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Division of Labor No. 11: A Single Mom Raising Her Daughter in Jersey City
What does life look like when there's no partner to share the mental load?
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Lindsey Stanberry
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Home Economics No. 15: Married, 36, and Living in a $3-Million Brooklyn Brownstone on a $837k Joint Income
$12,000 for the mortgage, $7,000 in childcare expenses
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Lindsey Stanberry
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Let’s Talk About Money In Person
We’re so excited to host the first official Purse event on October 30!
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Lindsey Stanberry
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Home Economics No. 14: Married, 45, and Living Outside of Boston on a $151,000 joint income.
Spending more on daycare than the mortgage.
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Lindsey Stanberry
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How are we supposed to talk to our kids about money?
Questions that make you go hmmm
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Lindsey Stanberry
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