Divorce is an unfortunate fact of life, and while most people are not inherently dishonest a break up can bring out the worst in some spouses. When it comes to dividing the spoils in a divorce both parties may feel that they deserve the lions share. The...
Getting married and starting a family is no easy feat financially but when it comes to second marriages, things can get positively scary. If one or both of the newly married couple have children from their previous marriage, juggling monthly cash flow...
Valentine's Day is fast approaching and if you buy into the commercial hype, at least get some survival skills under your belt. Men, the world over, quiver in their takkies at the prospect of getting it all wrong on the auspicious 14 th of February...
Gone are the days when living with your partner elicits tut tut's from your elders and gets the tongues of the gossips wagging. More and more people are opting to test drive their relationships before they commit to a legal document. Given the high...
Back in the day we used to strive to keep up with the joneses but times have changed. The joneses, who used to be the keepers of social and material benchmarks, have fallen from grace. They have been up staged by the Beckhams'. Hitting this benchmark...
Alcohol is a product of extremes. It is used to celebrate grand occasions, milestones and a litany of life’s festive events. A picture of a bottle of champagne and two glasses has become the default image for celebration. On the other hand, anyone...
We all have little pleasures and habits that cost us money each month but, there is one habit that costs a little more than is reasonable-smoking. Aside from the fact that smoking increases your chances of dying from cancer and heart disease it can cost...
The great thing about social and cyber communication is that with little more than a few clicks of a keyboard you can wish your friends, family and colleagues well over the festive season. Gone are the days when we sat for endless hours writing out cards...
It is no secret that the threat of burglary over the holidays increases. Even though you may have good household insurance a burglary will still cost you time and money. Unfortunately, we live in times when a wide variety of dangers may lie in wait just...
We all love to spread our wings now and then to see what mysteries lie beyond our borders. Unfortunately the cost of travel has increased at an alarming rate over the past five years. We can barely afford a bus trip to Koffiefontein let alone an overseas...
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