My Big Mama is my No. 1 financial role model. Much of my advice stems from what she taught me. She never made more than $13,000 a year, yet she paid off her home before she retired. She saved money… — Michelle Singletary Copy Share Image
You need to know everything. You both need to be comfortable with sharing everything. If you can't you are NOT ready to get married. — Michelle Singletary Copy Share Image
I love teaching people how to handle their money and I've built a brand on that skill. — Michelle Singletary Copy Share Image
You made a decision given your life circumstances and you have to be ok with that. Regrets that can't be change is just torturing… — Michelle Singletary Copy Share Image
The number of those 19 to 25 with private insurance increased from 51 to 55.8 percent, and the percentage of uninsured fell from 33.9… — Michelle Singletary Copy Share Image
Money may not be able to buy you love, but conflicts about it can certainly bankrupt your relationship. — Michelle Singletary Copy Share Image
We all only have a certain amount of money and that means yes, we have to make choices and sometimes those choices mean we… — Michelle Singletary Copy Share Image
I'm driving my old car until I'm on a first name basis with the low tow truck drivers! — Michelle Singletary Copy Share Image
When you give people who are being financially responsible money, you are enabling them to continue a bad habit. So you are actually helping… — Michelle Singletary Copy Share Image
I understand why many are still poor or struggling to make just a middle-income lifestyle. I'm a fiscal conservative, but I also have compassion… — Michelle Singletary Copy Share Image
I like the idea of having a paperless society.But to be paperless means you have to be so careful with your identity. — Michelle Singletary Copy Share Image
If we aren't careful, our children will come down with 'affluenza,' a disease that causes them to confuse wants and needs. We need to… — Michelle Singletary Copy Share Image
