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Millennial & Marriage

Thoughts about our marriage, family, and community in correlation with the topics of money and personal finance. We’re a newly married millennial couple and we are married.

Hubby Didn’t Get a Promotion (…did the world end?)

October 19, 2018 //  by Lily | The Frugal Gene//  41 Comments

Planes torpedoed down from the once untarnished crystal blue skies.This now unholy planet shattered open and began oozing out the same crimson blood I held in my veins.Suddenly, as if ‘A Clockwork …

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Category: Millennial & Marriage, Storytime

14 Inexpensive Wedding Ring Alternatives For Nontraditional Couples

June 2, 2018 //  by Lily | The Frugal Gene//  43 Comments

The older I get and the more I learn about the world and other humans...the more convinced that there must be something wrong with me. Like I still think paying back debt, saving money, and taking …

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Category: Everything Else, Frugal Living, Millennial & Marriage, Personal Care & Beauty, Save Money, Shopping

That Time Ms. Frugal Asian Made Me Cry

May 22, 2018 //  by Lily | The Frugal Gene//  35 Comments

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Hahahahaha hi! Welcome to another marriage post... I don't even like writing about marriage...I don't have much to say. Everything is groovy here (warning: this is a pointless post.) But every …

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Category: Millennial & Marriage, Storytime

My Husband “Bakes The Cakes” and I “Make The Steaks”

May 10, 2018 //  by Lily | The Frugal Gene//  38 Comments

I write about marriage occasionally when I come up with something good while being handcuffed to Mr. Hippo. I proposed this post idea to hubby yesterday morning and he granted a …

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Category: Millennial & Marriage, Storytime

7 Long Term Bonding Things We Do As Newlyweds (To Ward Off Divorce)

March 27, 2018 //  by Lily | The Frugal Gene//  35 Comments

“Ah. Passion, puppy love, promise...” I had an outing on Sunday with my friend Valerie and I gushed on and on about my husband (he stayed at home to diligently do taxes like a good boy.) Valerie …

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Category: Millennial & Marriage

The Gray Area of Making Financial Decisions In a Marriage

March 8, 2018 //  by Lily | The Frugal Gene//  46 Comments

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Balancing money and marriage is hard work. I think hubby and I have it figured out together pretty good. Even so, no marriage is airtight when it comes to money and squabbles. When we got married, we …

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Category: Millennial & Marriage, Personal Finance

Our Marriage Audit – Do We Fight Too Much?

January 25, 2018 //  by Lily | The Frugal Gene//  30 Comments

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I got this idea to document and analyze the arguments my husband and I have occasionally. I'm aware of how deeper issues could be toxic to marriages, especially newer marriages like ours. It was more …

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Category: Millennial & Marriage, Storytime

My Stressed Husband (The Fight That Made Me A Better Wife)

November 10, 2017 //  by Lily | The Frugal Gene//  55 Comments

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Mr. Breadwinner's Burden... My husband grew angry and threw his phone at me. It felt like a punch in the gut. It didn’t hurt much but the surprise felt like a slap in the face. My husband …

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Category: Millennial & Marriage, Storytime

I’m on the Family Payroll Now? (Should You Accept Money From In-Laws?)

July 17, 2017 //  by Lily | The Frugal Gene//  50 Comments

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The anniversary of when I squeezed out of my mom rolled around and somehow on paper, I'm more than a quarter of a century old. Black magic. Someone just ends it all right now, it's all downhill …

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Category: Featured Articles, Millennial & Marriage, Personal Finance

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