By Hilary Black

Cash matters are the #1 reason for difficulties in relationships. Is funds the foundation of all evil, is it precise that money cannot purchase love? Hilary Black has commissioned unique essays from best girls writers just about cash and relationships and the result is a decent, usually surprising, occasionally humorous and poignant portrait of revelations via ladies at the very gentle nature of affection and cash. This assortment will spark debate and lift eyebrows throughout generations.

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And the second police officer said: Don’t talk that way, miss, or we’ll have to take you to Bellevue. 26 SHERI HOLMAN I cast my eyes over the dark windows of Ninth Avenue, wondering who had been watching me as I had watched Patrick and the men of St. Vincent’s House from my fire escape months before. The officers were waiting for me on the rickety linoleum steps of the tenement building. I stood up stiffly and walked to where they held the door. On the second-floor landing, Patrick was awake and anxious.

I didn’t know the amount—even though for months I had been doing the math to guess at what it might be. But I knew this one would be the biggest yet. Finally, I took a breath and opened the envelope. I had to keep counting the digits to be sure I was reading the amount correctly. After several times, I was certain: I was holding the biggest check I’d ever earned. Some women in this situation would run to the phone and call their husband. In fact, probably most women would. But my hesitation in opening it in the first place had a lot to do with not calling my husband.

When they got divorced, he ended up in debt 44 ANN HOOD after years of child support payments and splitting assets. His ex-wife went on one last shopping spree before the divorce was finalized; he was stuck with credit card bills from Dress Barn and Payless Shoes, in addition to all the debt they had incurred during their marriage. In a way, there was something almost exciting in coming together as a couple bumping against forty and starting completely clean. Lorne’s ex-wife had taken their furniture, their dishes, everything they’d acquired as a couple.

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