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Figuring Out Finances When Living Together
BOSTON (CBS) – According to the Census Bureau there are over 8 million couples living together and these are just the ones telling the Census Bureau about it. And about one third of them are over 55....
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What You Need To Know When You Are Somebody’s Spouse
BOSTON (CBS) – This week’s series comes from one of my books, Money. The final chapters of the book are all about the different financial roles we take on in life. What You Need To Know When You Are...
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What You Need To Know When You Are Somebody’s Ex-Spouse
BOSTON (CBS) – No one plans to be an ex-spouse when they first take their marriage vows. Not even Donald Trump. But he does plan as if the marriage won’t last. He has a prenuptial agreement. His first...
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What You Need To Know When You Are Somebody’s Widow
BOSTON (CBS) – No one goes into a marriage thinking about being widowed. But most of us said the traditional: “Till death do us part” in our marriage vows. What You Need To Know When You Are Somebody’s...
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The Importance Of Updating Your Beneficiaries
BOSTON (CBS) – Oh, the stories I have heard! Widows thinking they were getting the life insurance proceeds or the retirement assets and were left with nothing. The Importance Of Updating Your...
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Local Couple Ties The Knot At Boston City Hall Ahead Of 2013 Blizzard
BOSTON (CBS) – With the blizzard of 2013 bearing down on Boston, at least one local couple found reason to celebrate. Newlyweds Mr. and Mrs. Ashley Oguadimma tied the knot inside City Hall just in...
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Rally Held In Boston In Favor Of Marriage Equality
BOSTON (CBS) – A rally was held outside Boston’s City Hall in favor of marriage equality. Politicians, same sex couples and supporters rallied on the same day the Supreme Court heard arguments on...
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College Debt Forcing Recent Grads To Put Off Major Life Decisions
BOSTON (CBS) – The bills are stacking up faster than 15-month-old Noah can stack his favorite cups. “I’m $90,000 in debt from student loans,” says his mom, Kaitlin Smith. That enormous bill impacts...
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Your Financial Role As Somebody’s Spouse
BOSTON (CBS) – This week’s series comes from one of my books, Money. The final chapters of the book are all about the different financial roles we take on in life. When you become somebody’s spouse...
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Update Your Beneficiary Designations When Life Changes
BOSTON (CBS) – Beneficiary designations are unique in that upon your death the assets pass to the named individuals and they bypass the will or trust that may be in place. Update Your Beneficiary...
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Daily Talker: What Do You Think About Splitting The Cost Of An Engagment Ring?
Splitting a check on a date — no big deal. Splitting the cost of an engagement ring — no longer a big deal? According to the wedding website, “The Knot”, more couples are going dutch on THE diamond....
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The Starter Marriage
BOSTON (CBS) – According to Wikipedia a Starter Marriage is a first marriage that lasts five years or less and ends without the couple having any children together. The Starter MarriageWBZ NewsRadio...
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Jacqueline Kennedy Letters To Irish Priest Reveal Her Private Side
BOSTON (AP) — Jacqueline Kennedy’s letters to an Irish priest written over a 14-year correspondence have revealed new details about the closely guarded thoughts of the fiercely private former first...
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What You Need To Know When Tying The Knot
BOSTON (CBS) – According to the Old Farmer’s Almanac June is the most popular month to marry, followed by August, July, May, and September. The goddess Juno was the protector of women in all aspects of...
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Cohabitation Before Marriage
BOSTON (CBS) – Many couples are trying this approach before marriage and sometimes instead of marriage. Cohabitation Before MarriageWBZ NewsRadio 1030playpause According to the Census Bureau, more than...
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What You Need To Know When You Are Somebody’s Spouse
BOSTON (CBS) – This week’s series comes from one of my books, Money. The final chapters of the book are all about the different financial roles we take on in life. When you become somebody’s spouse you...
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Understanding Divorce
BOSTON (CBS) – Divorce is a legal and financial transaction. But because it involves usually two angry people, it can be an extremely volatile process. There are over 2 million marriages annually in...
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Marriage The Second Or Third Time Around
BOSTON (CBS) – According to the Forest Institute of Professional Psychology, 67% of second marriages and 74% of third marriages end up in a courtroom. Those are not good odds. What is it about marriage...
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The Rules Of Living Together
BOSTON (CBS) – According to the Census Bureau there are over 8 million couples living together and these are just the ones telling the Census Bureau about it. And about one third of them are over 55....
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More Money Moves We Regret From AARP
BOSTON (CBS) – I don’t know anyone who doesn’t have at least one money regret. And some individuals many more. So why not learn from other people’s mistakes? That was advice my mother used to give me!...
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You Must Plan On Dying
BOSTON (CBS) – We all do some really dumb things when it comes to our money. And sometimes it is not what we do; it is what we don’t do. Often we are not even aware of the consequences of our lack of...
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Jay Talking: ‘Advice For a Successful Marriage.’
My name is Bradley Jay and I host the Jay Talking radio show which airs weekday mornings on WBZ NewsRadio 1030 from midnight to five. Like the Jay Talking Facebook page. The Twitter handle is...
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Bradley Jay: ‘Do You Favor Gay Marriage?’
My name is Bradley Jay and I host the Jay Talking radio show which airs weekday mornings on WBZ NewsRadio 1030 from midnight to five. Like the Jay Talking Facebook page. The Twitter handle is...
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The Starter Marriage
BOSTON (CBS) – The average age for couples going through their first divorce is 30 years old with over 40% of first marriages ending in divorce. Many of these couples divorcing do not have children....
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Mass. Celebrates Supreme Court Ruling On Same-Sex Marriage
BOSTON (CBS) – It’s elation all over again for Johanna Schulman and Moira Barrett, the 19th same sex couple to be married in Massachusetts eleven years ago at Cambridge City Hall. “We experience the...
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What You Need To Know When You Are Somebody’s Ex-Spouse
BOSTON (CBS) – No one plans to be an ex-spouse. Not even Donald Trump. But he does plan as if the marriage won’t last. He has a pre-nup. His first spouse got $30 million plus $350,000 a year alimony;...
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Understanding Divorce
BOSTON (CBS) – Divorce is a legal and financial transaction. But because it involves usually two angry people, it can be an extremely volatile process. There are over 2 million marriages annually in...
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Splitting Up Assets Or Debt In Divorce
BOSTON (CBS) – If there is money involved people behave poorly! I have never met a non-warring couple when it comes to a divorce. The only people who gain in a nasty divorce are the lawyers. Try being...
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Children And Divorce
BOSTON (CBS) – Children are the innocent bystanders in a divorce. As the adult, you need to take the lead and help them through this disruptive time. Recent studies contradicted studies done in the 70s...
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The Second Or Third Marriage
BOSTON (CBS) – According to Forest Institute of Professional Psychology, 67% of second marriages and 74% of third marriages end up in a courtroom. Those are not good odds. What is it about marriage...
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Marriage Without The Ring!
BOSTON (CBS) – According to the Census Bureau there are over 8 million couples living together and these are just the ones telling the Census Bureau about it. And about one third of them are over 55....
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Couples & Money: Tying The Knot
BOSTON (CBS) – All this week we are going to be talking about couples & money and today, tying the knot. American weddings are a $51 billion industry that employs nearly 800,000 people, according...
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Couples & Money: Tying The Knot Cheaply
BOSTON (CBS) – Definitely the cheapest way to get married is to elope and find a justice of the peace. But there are ways to have your cake and eat it to. With some good planning you can have a...
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Couples & Money: Ours? His? Hers?
BOSTON (CBS) – The average age of a couple getting married today is older, for a man it’s 31 and a woman 29 according to the Knot.com. That may mean merging two households. So what should be owned...
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Couples & Money: Co-Habitation
BOSTON (CBS) – Living together is definitely the new norm. According to the Census Bureau, more than 40% of American women under the age of 45 have lived unmarried with a male partner at some point in...
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Couples & Money: The Second Or Third Time Around
BOSTON (CBS) – 41 percent of first marriages end in divorce. 60 percent of second marriages end in divorce. 73 percent of third marriages end in divorce. There are stages in our lives where it may not...
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Study: Marriage May Protect You From Developing Dementia
BOSTON (CBS) – Marriage is not only good for the heart but it may be good for the mind, too. Being married may protect you from dementia. A new analysis finds people who are single for life are 42%...
View ArticleHusband Sues Wife’s Lover, Judge Awards Him $8.8 Million
DURHAM, N.C. (CBS Local) – Using a rare state law, a North Carolina husband has been awarded nearly $9 million after suing the man who allegedly had an affair with his wife. A Durham County judge sided...
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Massachusetts Lawmakers Seek Ban On All Child Marriages
BOSTON (CBS) – There is a new push to outlaw child marriage in Massachusetts. Protesters gathered at the State House Wednesday in wedding gowns to try and prove their point. Tammy Monteiro, 36, says...
View Article‘Divorce Filings Have Skyrocketed’: Lawyer On Impact Of COVID-19 On Marriages
(CBS Local)– 2020 has been an unprecedented year because of COVID-19 and the global pandemic has impacted virtually every part of our lives. While divorce rates have been on the rise in the United...
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