Highly Recommend!

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Registered: 04-17-2003
Highly Recommend!
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Sun, 02-24-2008 - 9:01am
I have always been very budget minded and do not like living beyond my means. One of the biggest causes of my divorce was my ex who was very financially irresponsible. He didn't care how much the credit card balances were as long as we could make the minimum payments. After we divorced he ran up $80K in credit card debt and declared bankruptcy! He had NOTHING to show for it either!
Anyway, I went to Dave Ramsey Live yesterday!! It was AWESOME and he is so easy to follow. So much common sense stuff about your finances and how to make sure you retire comfortably. I bought his book "Total Money Makeover" and plan on taking his Financial Peace University class.
Since we are all single with one income I think everybody could really benefit from his program. He also has a talk show on KLIF radio that is pretty good. You can read more about him at www.daveramsey.com.
Stephanie
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Registered: 11-25-2007
Sun, 02-24-2008 - 10:34am

He didn't care how much the credit card balances were as long as we could make the minimum payments. After we divorced he ran up $80K in credit card debt and declared bankruptcy! He had NOTHING to show for it either!


EXACT same experience here almost to the amount - 100k!!!

mom_uk2socal - Mom to DS22, DS19, DD16

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Registered: 05-13-2005
Sun, 02-24-2008 - 1:51pm
Thanks, Steph. Sorry about your bad exh - but glad you shared your story - it teaches us to watch for money habits!!
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Registered: 08-10-2007
Sun, 02-24-2008 - 1:55pm

I agree... Dave RAmsey is the money god!

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Registered: 10-30-2004
Sun, 02-24-2008 - 6:42pm

I like going on www.feedthepig.org too!

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Registered: 05-13-2005
Mon, 02-25-2008 - 4:55am
Wow - you are doing good - thanks for that site as well.