One Caveman’s Financial Journey

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My wife and I are approaching our 5th anniversary and we have been looking for a chance to reconnect. It’s been a long time since we’ve really had the chance to get away, just the two of us, since our daughter was born. We’re looking forward to enjoying some alone time [...]

My in-laws came over to our house yesterday. Their visit was very tense as my wife and I had decided to begin confronting the issue of my mother-in-law’s spending habits, especially concerning our children. She is a spendthrift and she would rather spend every penny she finds instead of saving anything for her retirement [...]

I generally have avoided talking about my extended family because I know there are a lot of people out there who do not have close relationships with their parents, but today I have to write about how awesome my dad is and how he saved me some significant money (or at least some major embarrassment).
I [...]

With the big changes coming to the Caveman household, it was time to sit down and really analyze my life.
When we learned of the presence of our first child, just over 2 years ago, we set about figuring out how we wanted to approach parenthood. We decided that my wife would quit her job [...]

As I mentioned yesterday, we just found out that my wife is pregnant. That means that all the plans I had for this year are toast as we now have bigger priorities.
But it’s ok. I built my plans to be flexible. I didn’t write my budgets or savings plans in stone, we’re [...]