Emotion and money
The Oxford Dictionary defines Emotion as “A strong feeling deriving from one’s circumstances, mood or relationship with others”. Well I certainly experienced these “strong feelings” over the past few days! My first husband and I still share one financial commitment and for the past few months he has reneged on his part of the bargain, [...]
How are we educating our children about money?
This is a question that is becoming more pertinent in our house as my son gets older and I’m interested to know how other parents tackle the issue. Martin Lewis recently claimed that as a nation we have “educated our youth into debt but never about debt” – we have had a huge swing from [...]
Women and debt
Debt Financially, what have the last 10 years done for us? Allowed us to get into a lot of debt it seems! The recession hasn’t helped, but the rot had set in long before the credit crunch really started to bite. In June this year the average household debt was £8,650 excluding mortgage debt. Add [...]
You can keep your diamonds…..
As I begin to write this, it is 11.26 am on 3rd August 2010. A significant moment in the financial world? No, not really. 10 years ago exactly, my son was born in Chase Farm Hospital in Enfield, North London. A happy accident – the conception that is, by the time the birth came around [...]
Home or Away?
I’ve just been on holiday – 10 days in the Loire Valley and Paris with friends & family – perfect. Today is my first day back and I was feeling pretty chilled at 9 o’clock this morning until the morning update from Money Marketing dropped into my inbox. HSBC have reported a 121% profit hike [...]
