For this pandemic couple, opening a plant shop together was the answer to burnout

Jun 24, 2022
Larry Groves and Ricky Barosa met during the pandemic. Two years later, they're taking a chance on starting a business together.
Larry Groves, left, and Ricky Barosa in their Davis, California, plant shop, known as the Growing Groves. "I kind of just told him, how about we try to do it for ourselves?" Barosa recalled.
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For richer, for poorer: sharing money in marriage

Sep 30, 2019
We talk to couples and experts about the intersection of love and money.
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Beth Kobliner on having the "talk" with your kids about the cost of college

Sep 27, 2018
Tips on less-terrifying ways to talk about the cost of college with kids.
About 60 percent of those who went to college had to take out student loans to pay for it. 
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Advice on combining finances for couples

May 17, 2012
I am getting married next year and would love a good book idea about combining finances with a spouse. Nate, Cincinnati, OH