What's Love Got To Do With It?

Gail and I hadn't seen each other since college. We caught up over lunch. I was horrifed at what she told me.

"My first husband and I were divorced ten years ago. Two years later, I met Eddie.We dated a few months and then married. Eddie earned more than I did. He offered to take care of our finances. He suggested I use his financial advisor and put the divorce settlement I received into the investments his advisor recommended.

Brides and Barbie Dolls

I have been called cynical, a spoil sport who doesn’t believe in romance. Someone who wants to take the romance out of weddings.

It's not true. I like romance as much as you do, but I want something more important. I want to strengthen financial intimacy in marriage, starting with a eyes wide open approach to what the wedding will really cost.

A Woman's Guide to Financial Intimacy

A Woman's Guide to Financial Intimacy

Special seminar presented by Helga Hayse and Denise Hughes, a top San Francisco Bay Area financial counselor.

See the flyer!

Date: Friday, June 20th, 2008

Time: 9:00 am to 3:00 pm.

Place: Crystal Springs Golf Course, Hillsborough (Hwy 280, Black Mountain Road exit, west to Golf Course Drive)

Fee: $225: Includes lunch, seminar workbook and copy of "Don't Worry about a Thing, Dear" - Why Women Need Financial Intimacy

Do Husbands Need Romance?

Men don’t read Harlequin romance novels. They don’t pore over magazines a year in advance of their wedding. In fact, there’s no Modern Groom magazine for them.

Men ‘do’ romance because it makes us – a girlfriend, a fiancée, a wife – happier. It fulfills our need, not his. He uses romance to set the stage and move him closer to what he really wants – sex, affection, closeness and intimacy.

Your Husband Can’t Read Your Mind

Actually, no one can. Yet this is one of the biggest myths surrounding romance and marriage . “If he really loves me, he knows what I want.” How can your husband or boyfriend know that?