Are you and your spouse in debt?   
Do you want to get out of debt--and stay out?   
How can you team up to make your money work for you?  
  
No matter what your financial situation looks like right now, you and your spouse can take steps to become debt-free and strengthen your marriage in the process. How to Debt-Proof Your Marriage is packed with real-life advice and sprinkled with humor that will renew your hope and determination. It covers everything you need for managing your money as a couple. You'll learn  
  
• how to reconcile different money behaviors and beliefs  
• forty places to find money that you didn't know you had  
• the 80 percent solution  
• and much more  
  
This book will give you all the help you need to take care of the present, clean up the past, and prepare for a successful, financially sound future. And most important, it will show you how to live debt-free--protecting your marriage, your money, and your peace of mind.  
  
"Mary Hunt is one of the country's leading experts on getting out of debt."--Biography Magazine  
  
"Hunt's upbeat attitude doesn't come across as a lecture."--Los Angeles Times

__Mary Hunt__ is founder and publisher of Debt-Proof Living® (formerly Cheapskate Monthly™), which has 35,000 print subscribers and an average of 800,000 website hits per month. Her books have sold more than a million copies, she was the financial columnist for Woman's Day magazine, and her daily newspaper column is syndicated through United Features. The author of 7 Money Rules for Life, Hunt speaks widely on personal finance and has appeared on shows such as Good Morning America, Oprah, and Dr. Phil. She and her husband live in California.

In this highly practical book, Mary Hunt helps couples learn the principles of acceptance, freedom, safety, and honesty in money matters. How to Debt-Proof Your Marriage covers everything couples need for managing their money harmoniously, including how to  
  
• reconcile different money behaviors and beliefs   
• let go of financial fears   
• understand the basics of practical money management   
• share financial work between two people   
• manage roller-coaster income   
• successfully live debt-free  
  
Hunt's essential guide will help couples protect both their marriage and their money.

In this highly practical book, Mary Hunt helps couples learn the principles of acceptance, freedom, safety, and honesty in money matters in order to protect both their money and their marriage.

Hunt, Mary

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Title Page

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Dedication

Introduction

Part 1 Get Your Relationship Ready for Financial Harmony

1. This Is My Story, and I'm Sticking to It: A Story of Financial Discord

2. A Stiff Dose of Reality: Money, Marriage, and Reality

3. Marriage Is like a Dirt Road: Money and the Stages of Marriage

4. The Currency of Life: Why Money Is Hard for Couples

5. News Flash: You Are Different!: His Needs Are Not Her Needs

6. For Wives Only: Real Men Don't Ask for Directions

7. For Husbands Only: You Can Have What You Want

8. Getting It Together: Honey, Let's Talk about Our Relationship!

Part 2 How to Debt-Proof Your Marriage

9. Debt-Proof Living: An Overview

10. Till Debt Do Us Part: The Trouble with Debt

11. You Are Here: Discovering Your Worth

12. Getting to Where You Want to Be: The Basic Elements of Your Financial Plan

13. A Life-Changing Formula: The 80 Percent Solution

14. Knowledge Is a Powerful Thing: Where Does Your Money Go?

15. You Want Security? I'll Show You Security!: You and Your Contingency Fund

16. You Want Freedom? I'll Show You Freedom!: Expect the Unexpected

17. You Can Get Out of Debt, Yes You Can!: Rapid Debt-Repayment Plan

18. It's Not a Budget, Honestly!: Planning How to Spend Your Money

Part 3  Unique Solutions for Common Dilemmas

19. Finding Money You Didn't Know You Had: Forty Ways to Live beneath Your Means

20. Credit: The Good, the Bad, the Ugly: Credit Cards, Credit Reports, Credit Scores, and Credit Repair

21. Tell the Middleman, Thanks but No Thanks!: How to Pay off Your Mortgage Early

22. How to Stay on Track with a Roller-Coaster Income: The Thrill and the Agony of Self-Employment

23. What to Do When You've Fallen and You Can't Get Up: Credit Counseling and Debt Negotiation

24. A Call to Faithfulness: An Eternal Perspective on Wealth

25. Couples like You: Their Stories

Epilogue

Acknowledgments

Notes

In this highly practical book, Mary Hunt helps couples learn the principles of acceptance, freedom, safety, and honesty in money matters.How to Debt-Proof Your Marriagecovers everything couples need for managing their money harmoniously, including how to  
  
• reconcile different money behaviors and beliefs  
• let go of financial fears  
• understand the basics of practical money management  
• share financial work between two people  
• manage roller-coaster income  
• successfully live debt-free  
  
Hunt's essential guide will help couples protect both their marriage and their money.

Helps couples to manage their money harmoniously. This work considers: how to reconcile different money behaviours; how to let go of financial fears; the basics of practical money management; sharing the financial burden between two people; manage roller-coaster income; and, successfully living debt-free.

"How to Debt-Proof Your Marriage" covers everything couples need for managing their money harmoniously. It considers: how to reconcile different money behaviours; how to let go of financial fears; the basics of practical money management; sharing the financial burden between two people; manage roller-coaster income; and, successfully living debt-free. Hunt's essential guide will help couples protect both their marriage and their money.

Mary Hunt is founder and publisher of Debt-Proof Living(R), (formerly Cheapskate Monthly') which has 35,000 print subscribers and an average of 800,000 website hits per month. Her books have sold nearly a million copies and her daily newspaper column is syndicated through United Features. Hunt speaks widely on personal finance and has appeared on shows such as Oprah, Good Morning America, The O'Reilly Factor, and Focus on the Family. She and her husband live in Orange County, California.

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