these are the moments I look for my grandparents behind me

[seperis]

Sometimes I think, after too much reading, that we really only have one taboo left in discussion, and it is money. I can do entries on my kinks and squicks, go into deeply biological detail of many sex acts that I am physically incapable of performing, and ask everyone to show me their underwear. And some people will. And explain how they wear

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[joesther]

I adore Quicken. I've had it for three years, nearly, and I use it for my checking account, savings account, and all my credit cards, including store cards. I find it easy and quite simple to navigate, but I don't have any bonds or retirement funds or anything like that in this country (or in dollar currency), so I'm afraid I can't help with those things, specifically. I'd assume they work the same, but you know what they say about the word 'assume.' As to the 'deduction versus posting' issue, I personally use the posting date as the default, unless it's something like a check that hasn't cleared within a week of being written. But I hardly ever write checks, so that's not a big deal to me.

I'd offer to help you, but before you take me up on it, keep in mind that I have an older version of Quicken and there might be differences between the two.

[siegeofangels]

I'm wondering if fandom as a whole just considers money less important than other groups do--we do tend to be all, "Yes, I am spending a lot of time doing something that will never make me any money, and that's the way I want it."

But then again, we post about everything on the importance scale from "I had oatmeal for breakfast" to "Hey, that rash is clearing up!" to "I'm getting married!" so I don't know why money doesn't fit into there somewhere.

[akacat]

[joannindiw]

thank you for posting this! lead me to morgandawn's LJ which lead me to a budget spreadsheet that I think I can actually *handle* and *use* and yeah. Much, much thanks!

wow...

[jasonjohnson83]

its amazing how some one can say so little but jumble it up to seem like so much lol...i am even a complicated person but good lord...i read this and now i got a headack from thinking so much lol...and trust me when i say i think a lot on my own as it is, but very impressing never known ne one to be able to raddle my brain like that...