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Father and Finances

 This week in class I've enjoyed learning about Finances primarily. I have a passion for this topic. It makes me curious and gets me excited. My main questions that I had coming in where: I can be organized and responsible with my own my money, what is the best way to be organized as a couple. I have heard different ideas, however what I have heard that I probably agree with most is, putting all your property together and then make it each others. However when you do that how do you track your expenses and your spouses expenses? My thoughts after this week are these. Each spouse should still track all expenses. Then each week have a 20 minute financial meeting to get on the same page. I do that personally and it is so fun for me. I love seeing where my money is going. How much I am spending. Compare it to my budget to see how I am doing. Also having a joint account will also make it easier. Being able to see what each other are spending money on.  Some thoughts that are new th...
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Transitions in marriage

 There were a lot of interesting things that we learned this week. I felt the things we talked about were very constructive. There are a number of pro tips that Brother Williams offered us.  The first from research or statistics teach that anything over $2500 on a wedding ring increases the chances of divorce. I found that very interesting. I don't remember the cause and correlation of why. However, it would debunk the tradition thought process of the more you spend the more invested you probably are. Second, prenuptial agreements are like starting the divorce papers right at the beginning. Which surprised me, to me it seemed like a logical thing to do to limit the risk or hit of getting a divorce. However the better way to do it is to bring, and put everything on the table and then make it each others. What mine is your and yours in mine. I can perceive that to maybe be an awkward challenge in the future for me. On a slightly side note, with your finances,  You really wa...
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Preparing for Marriage

This week was bomb. Easily my favorite topic thus far. I felt it had a particular importance to my life, as well, I felt it added a lot of value to my life. There was a lot discussed, I had a lot of different thoughts, and will share some of the things that I actually learned this week.  First I had always heard that opposites attract, which I still agree with in terms of personality. However my new thought is this. It is good to have different personalities, but you want someone who is similar in interests, goals, dreams, etc. That will make it a lot easier to be like minded and work on the same team. However there was a study done that taught that 10 differences in compatibility in a marriage is well on its way to divorce. However it said that the best marriages have at least 10 differences in compatibility. The difference is Communication. I love that.  Next, Big and elaborate dates aren't idea. They make it hard to have frequent dates. Small and inexpensive are better, bec...
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Gender in Family

 This week we discussed the topic of gender and it's effects of the family. We started with a foundation of data and research. It suggested that there is a difference between men and women. It multiple studies it showed differences. For example they studied babies and the toys they played with. It was controlled. They had traditional boy toys and traditional girl toys, and watched the boys naturally go and play with the trucks, cars, legos, etc. The girls naturally went to barbies and dolls etc. There wasn't  any bias,  because the babies hadn't yet matured enough for that. As well, the parents were monitored to not influence.  The other study I saw that was interesting was the effect of social media on primarily teens. They had data that showed that young women were affected negatively by social media on a greater level than young men. They were more prone to get anxiety and depression from it than men. Although I don't remember what all the causes were, I know they...
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Family Culture

 In our family relations class this week, we talked about family culture. It was really interesting and eye opening to hear and see other peoples culture that live in the United States. It was eye opening to hear about Mexicans immigrating to United States and hearing their challenges. I think it would be most beneficial to expound upon two different examples.  First, there was this lady named Tami that lived In Alabama or somewhere over there close by. She was like 60 years old working at Burger King. She was a single mom trying to provide for multiple children. It was interesting the way she thought. Her thinking of trying to make money was limited. I can't remember exactly what her father did, but he too was a hard worker that worked a lot for little money. It made my think of myself and my family. Am I naturally going to make somewhere around the same amount my dad has? Am I going to live the same traditions that he has? The connection I made was the thing between repeatin...
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Family Trends

    Had the opportunity to learn about family trends this week. I was actually really fascinated at what I learned  and would like to share.  First, a few years ago a bunch of nations met together to create what are now called, "United Nations Sustainable Development Goals." They are essentially seventeen goals that world leaders want to accomplish by 2040 or something. Including lofty goals such as eliminating poverty, hunger, and gender inequality. Well in that meeting our leaders talked about the vehicle on how to get there. One big resolve was families. Data shows that the family is where children will find the best environment to achieve success. I found it interesting that world leaders support the family, and understand it's importance. Usually or primarily I hear that from my Church leaders.  Second, I watched a couple hours worth of a documentary about population growth. Based on data there is actually a problem going on that quite frankly I had no...
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