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Are Online Dating Services a Waste of Money?

Unfortunately, just like that certain someone who fails to call for a follow-up date, there are indications these sites don't come through on their promises.

Romance & Real Estate: How Your Housing Situation Affects Your Love Life

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Where you live affects who you date—and who will absolutely refuse to date you. In honor of Valentine’s Day, the real estate website Trulia commissioned Harris Interactive to conduct a survey looking at the intersection of attitudes about housing and romance. Are homeowners regarded as “marriage material” more so than noncommital renters? Are people more [...]

The Best City in the U.S. for a Cheap Date

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If you’re single and lonely this Valentine’s Day, you may want to head up north, maybe to Ann Arbor, Mich., because according to a study by Kiplinger’s Personal Finance, the city’s combination of unmarried households, median income and the simple costs of going out is unmatched in the country.

Should Married Couples Merge Finances or Keep Them Separate?

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Money management can be tough when you’re on your own, but throw a spouse or life partner into the mix and things get much more complicated. Financial conflicts can cause major problems in relationships — including divorce.

14 Random Freebies and Deals in Honor of Tax Day

What do ice cream, HBO, online dating, massages, seafood, personal training, and French fries have to do with filing your taxes? Who cares! What’s important is that they’re all offered with discounts or totally for free sometime between Friday and the final day to file taxes this year, Monday, April 18.

Cheapskate Wisdom … About Using Groupons on Dates

“Comfort and fun are key — saving money definitely helps … Plus, free food tastes better than un-free food!”

Cheapskate Wisdom About … Dating, or Blowing Your Money on Strangers You’ll Never Talk to Again

“If a man goes out on two dates a week, and 50% of the women don’t want to see him again, he’s spending a lot of money on strangers.”

10 Consumer Questions, Including: Are Cheapskates Hot?

Also, is it wrong to take advantage of freebies? And: How much should you be saving for college? (If you’re dropping off your kid at school next week, this is an issue you probably should have addressed earlier.)

Dates Gone Bad in the Recession

Perhaps there is no such thing as a good cheap date. The website MyVeryWorstDate is fairly self-explanatory: Folks (pretty much all women) write in with anecdotes of dates who are crude, who are obnoxious, who suddenly lose their pants, who are under house arrest (with the leg monitoring device and all), who go shoplifting during the date—and who are often incredibly cheap.