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Between you and your money, you can make it happen. We can help.
Between you and your money, you can make it happen. We can help.
Family
Want to get your family on the same page with holiday spending? Set expectations now!
Have your loved ones been dropping gift ideas into their Amazon wishlist since August? Or helpfully leaving earmarked copies of catalogs and store flyers where you’ll be sure to see them? If you’re beginning to feel your family’s idea of a perfect holiday might not match up with your determination to keep your budget in check, it’s time to sit down and have “The Talk.”
Have your loved ones been dropping gift ideas into their Amazon wishlist since August? Or helpfully leaving earmarked copies of catalogs and store flyers where you’ll be sure to see them? If you’re beginning to feel your family’s idea of a perfect holiday might not match up with your determination to keep your budget in check, it’s time to sit down and have “The Talk.”
Watching your parents get older is hard and it’s easy to put off having big talks about issues like their finances and end-of-life preferences. But if you don’t have those talks, you won't know how they’d like things handled and, frankly, you might not be able to help without a lot of legal hassles.
You want to take care of the people you love. One of the most important ways you can do that? By taking the time to deal with end-of-life issues. We know: It’s not a topic that most of us want to think about. But we’ve all heard stories of someone getting sick or dying without planning ahead and what their family had to go through.
Remember how exciting the holidays were when you were a kid? It always felt like there was a little bit of magic in the air as you made cookies, decorated the house and hid presents in the closet.
Have a family or thinking of starting one soon? Check out some advice from our very own CEO and President, Kim Sponem on spending and saving with the family in mind.
