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.

Do's & Don'ts: Husbands Do's & Don'ts: Wives Do's & Don'ts: Business Owners

Land before dark and eat dinner at the bar

The planning that makes a solo trip safe is boring and takes one evening. Do it, and you get the good part with both hands free.

GuideFamilyCal Brennan23 Sept 20265 min

Decide your smoke number before the sky turns orange

When the air goes bad, you don't want to be negotiating at 7 a.m. about whether soccer practice is still on. Set the rules while the air is clean.

Ask BRO

What should I wear to this?

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GuideFitnessCal Brennan23 Sept 20266 min

Cancer in the family and when genetic testing is worth it

Build the family tree first, test the relative who's sick if you can, and know what a "variant of uncertain significance" actually means.

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Put the mom guilt down, and keep the part that's true

Some of it's a signal you should act on by Thursday. Most of it's a rerun you've been watching since the hospital parking lot.

Poll

When did you last ask for a raise?

GuideFamilyCal Brennan23 Sept 20266 min

The first week after your father's stroke

What to ask, who to talk to, how to split the days, and the paperwork you'll wish somebody had found on night one.

GuideFitnessCal Brennan23 Sept 20266 min

Forgetting Names at Fifty and When to Get It Checked

Most name-blanking at fifty is retrieval, not loss. But a few patterns are worth an appointment, and a few fixable things look exactly like memory trouble.

Delicious.com — Nine thousand recipes and a plan for tonight

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GuideBRO for HerNina Castellan23 Sept 20266 min

The first year of marriage the wedding planner skipped

Certified copies, beneficiary forms, the February slump, and the fight that isn't about the dishwasher. What actually fills year one.

Quiz

Is your money actually in order?

Six questions. No email required, no sales pitch at the end.

GuideBRO SeniorsMarcus Vale23 Sept 20266 min

How to hand down tools, land and heirlooms without a fight

The estate fight almost never starts over money. It starts over a hand plane worth sixty dollars and a promise nobody wrote down.

GuideFitnessCal Brennan23 Sept 20266 min

Your legs won't sit still at night and ferritin is the test

The evening urge to move your legs has a name, a common cause, and a cheap blood test most people never get ordered.

Ask BRO

Rewrite my CV so it actually gets read

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GuideBRO for HerNina Castellan23 Sept 20266 min

Find one perfume you'll wear every day, and skip the rest

Three sprays, four hours of waiting, and a testing method that keeps you from buying another expensive bottle you'll hate by Thursday.

Names.com — The name is the first thing you sell

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GuideBRO SeniorsRay Okonkwo23 Sept 20265 min

Long-term care costs real money and Medicare won't pay it

A private room runs six figures a year, Medicare covers almost none of it, and the family that plans early pays far less than the one that improvises.

Poll

How many days a week are you actually training?