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Friends Don't Let Friends...

Posted 5 weeks 2 days ago by Xin Lu

In the past few decades the Ad Council has been running an ad with the tag line "Friends Don't Let Friends Drive Drunk". This ad campaign has been instrumental in decreasing drunk driving fatalities and almost every American has heard it at one time or another. What if this ad were applied to mistakes people make in personal finance? Here are some possibilities...

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Dissecting "Gift Guilt" - When Does Receiving a Gift Make You Feel Bad?

Posted 16 weeks 6 days ago by Xin Lu

Personal Finance, Lifestyle

Ever since I was a child, I have been taught that when you receive a gift you should be happy about it and then give something back in return. To this day I still believe that is good manners, but sometimes receiving gifts is stressful for me because of what I call "gift guilt". Read on to see what I mean.

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When Should You Say No to Those Who Want to Borrow Money from You?

Posted 18 weeks 5 days ago by Xin Lu

Personal Finance, Career and Income, General Tips, Lifestyle

I think most of us have been asked to lend money to someone we know. No matter how close you are with the potential borrower, there are certain situations when you just have to say no. Here are some of the times I think you should absolutely keep your money for the sake of your relationship with the other person and the well being of both parties.

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5 Ways To Dodge Peer Pressure To Spend

Posted 26 weeks 4 days ago by Lana Goodrich

Lifestyle

How do you resist the urge to spend money when you're with less-than-frugal friends? 5 tips inside.

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How to be charming

Posted 46 weeks 5 days ago by Andrea Dickson

Life Hacks

What makes someone charming? Is it their bearing, their countenance? Is it their sparkling conversation? Their dazzling personality and razor-sharp wit? You might be surprised to know that it's really none of the above. As Brian Tracy says, "Charm is the ability to create extraordinary rapport that makes others feel exceptional." What's remarkable about this ability is that it's easily obtained, not genetic. There's no special trick to it; it just takes a little practice.

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The things that money just can't buy

Posted 1 year ago by Paul Michael

Filed Under: Lifestyle

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After reading Ed's post about Afluenza , I began thinking long and hard about what I have in my life that really matters to me. It's all very well keeping up with the Joneses, but at the end of the day it really doesn't mean anything. I was talking to a fireman a few months ago and he said that time after time, the things people run back into a blazing house for are not valuable (as far as other people are concerned). It's not the big-screen TV or the gold Rolex. No, it's the family photo albums, the teddy bear granny gave you 30 years ago, or the love letters from your sweetheart who is now your loving partner.

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Link-o-rama

Posted 1 year ago by Andrea Dickson

Filed Under: Personal Finance

Thank you, thank you, thank you to everyone who linked to our blog posts over the past week. We couldn't do it without you. And if we could, we wouldn't anyway. THAT'S how strong our love is.

Thanks to Lifehacker for picking up Sarah's post, and for not jacking the entire post like SOME OTHER BLOGS I WON'T MENTION.

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It's Linktastic!

Posted 1 year ago by Andrea Dickson

Filed Under: Personal Finance

Thanks to everyone who linked to Wise Bread recently. We appreciate your vote of confidence.

The Carnival of Family Life, hosted by Parenting Toddlers, included Jess' post about free movies at summer camp.

Deb's web linked Troy's post about job suckage. Thanks, Deb!

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Our Lovely Lady Links

Posted 1 year ago by Andrea Dickson

Filed Under: Personal Finance

It's time once again for our linky love-fest.

Jessica's post about security briefs got a lot of people thinking about where to stash their cash.

Will caught the eye of It's Electric with his post about your chances of getting audited by the IRS.

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Giving is Better Than Blogging... or IS it?

Posted 1 year ago by Troy Hadley

Filed Under: Life Hacks

Giving is better than receiving. I do sincerely believe this, as much as I like receiving. And I do like getting stuff.

You know that old saying about giving a man a fish, and he'll eat for a day... but teach him how to fish, and he'll end up going to cooking school and opening a swanky restaurant downtown that you won't be able to get reservations to, despite the fact that you taught him, in painstaking detail, how to tie flies when he was down and out?

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Who's Linking to Wise Bread?

Posted 1 year ago by Andrea Dickson

Filed Under: Personal Finance

Wise Bread relies on links to help us gain readership and reach a broader audience of friends and contributors. We really appreciate how our readers and fellow bloggers promote and sustain us, so we'd just like to take a minute to say, "Yay! Thanks a bunch!" to some of the following linksters. We couldn't include everyone - these are just some of our more recent ones!

Greg's months-old ramen tribute is still getting love (talk about longevity!) from the Carnival of Miracles, hosted by Let the Sunshine In.

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