Self-Employed Couples

Running a business together and staying married: roles, money, decisions and leaving work at the door.

The BRO Code. What to do, what not to do, and a few laughs on the way.

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Your processor just shut you off. Work the first six hours.

A hold notice at 6:40 a.m. is survivable. What kills companies is the four days people spend arguing with a support queue instead of moving.

GuideSkillsWes Dunbar23 Sept 20266 min

Why Fences Lean, and How to Set Posts That Don't

A fence never fails at the pickets. It fails in the first eight inches of dirt below grade, and that part is decided on day one.

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Rewrite my CV so it actually gets read

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BRO TakeNewsMarcus Vale22 Sept 20266 min

Free speech is a habit before it's a law

The First Amendment restrains the government. It does nothing about the meeting where everybody agreed with something nobody believed.

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What your merchant agreement says about leaving

The exit fee, the notice window and the equipment lease that won't cancel. Find all three now, not the week you finally want out.

Poll

How many days a week are you actually training?

GuideSkillsWes Dunbar23 Sept 20266 min

Changing your own oil without making a mess of it

The order to do it in, the two mistakes that dump five quarts on your driveway, and the parts nobody tells you to buy.

StoryNewsNina Castellan22 Sept 20265 min

The pro-life work that starts after the baby comes home

The law changed in 2022. The harder questions are about money, work, sleep and the twelve months after a birth — and most of the answers already exist.

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GuideBusinessRay Okonkwo23 Sept 20266 min

The four-digit number that decides how your business gets paid

Your merchant category code sets your interchange, your customers' rewards, and whether a corporate card will even approve you. Most operators never check it.

Quiz

Does your wardrobe actually fit you?

Five questions, honestly answered, and a plan for the next fortnight.

GuideSkillsWes Dunbar23 Sept 20266 min

How to hang a door so it closes with one push

Most doors that stick were hung to a crooked frame. Set the hinge side plumb first and everything downstream gets easier.

GuideNewsSam Ortiz22 Sept 20266 min

Raising kids with convictions when the culture keeps moving

Rules stop working the second you leave the room. Reasons travel. How to hand your kids something that still holds up when you're not there.

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Give me something to do with my kids this weekend

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GuideBusinessRay Okonkwo23 Sept 20266 min

What your processor means when it calls you high risk

The label isn't a moral judgment. It's a bet on who pays for your refunds if you disappear, and you can change the odds.

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GuideSkillsWes Dunbar23 Sept 20266 min

Changing a tire at the roadside without getting hurt

The order matters more than the muscle. Loosen before you lift, and know the one place you should never do this at all.

Poll

When did you last ask for a raise?

BRO TakeNewsMarcus Vale22 Sept 20266 min

The two-parent home is a research finding before it's an argument

The data on family structure comes from economists and sociologists across the political spectrum, several of whom went looking for a different answer.