Maybe you’re planning a wedding or maybe you and your partner are still in the newlywed stage. In addition to combining your lives, you have the fun task of combining your finances and get to create a newlywed budget. How can you discuss money before marriage to make for an easy financial transition? What do you do when one of you is entering the marriage with debt? What do you do if neither of you knows how to manage money?
Wedding
Why to not delay your honeymoon
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It’s becoming more and more popular to not take a honeymoon right away. It’s getting more normal for people to plan to wait until their one year anniversary to go on a honeymoon. From a financial perspective I get it. You just spent a ton of money on a wedding and now you’re going to pay for an expensive honeymoon vacation on top of it? It can be much easier to say that we will save for a year and take our honeymoon to celebrate our one year anniversary instead. DO NOT DO IT. As a newlywed, I can tell you that you absolutely should not delay your honeymoon.
Marriage mistakes to avoid
You’re married! Congrats! Now let’s talk about the four biggest marriage mistakes not to make during your first married year. My husband and I are newlyweds and we have friends who are newlyweds. We’ve made some of these marriage mistakes and learned from friends who have made others. We are still very happily married, but your first year of marriage can be a lot easier if you avoid these four simple mistakes.
The dreaded wedding budget
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First off, congratulations on getting engaged! I think a lot of people get so excited that there’s going to be a wedding that sometimes it can be very easy to skip over the exciting newly engaged phase so make sure you take a minute to enjoy it. If you’re new to this site, take a minute to read I’m Engaged!!! Now What!? since that post sets the stage and helps you determine your wedding budget. Here are my top 5 tips for saving money on wedding costs.
I’m engaged!!! Now what?
You’re engaged, congratulations! Now what? Take a deep breath and enjoy the moment. I’m sure you’ve already started getting questions about when the date will be. I know that I was asked that question the second I announced I was engaged. Try to keep calm through the questions and don’t panic if you haven’t set a date yet. Enjoy your moment. The rest will come. There are tons of ways to save money on a wedding, but today let’s focus on some basics on how to get your dream wedding.