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Just who are the Jones' anyway? Why should you keep up with them? The Jones' is a middle class family made up of ordinary people with real life problems. They have 3.5 (one on the way as of this writing) children who consume most of their monthly income, they have elderly parents who they partially care for, and they have bills, which are made of mostly credit card debt, they are regular people trying to live the "American Dream". My name just so happens to be Jenny Jones (no relation) as you first thought. I am a registered Financial Advisor and they have given me permission to blog their stories. They wanted me to create a way to share their lives with people just like them. How they thought that they would retire on time. How they thought after buying a house, it would solve all their problems. Having elderly parents, small children, dealing with wealthy family members to dealing with not so wealthy family members, dealing with taxes, dealing with healthcare, dealing with leasing verses buying a car, dealing with buying a new car verses buying a used one. How the sense of trying to live what some would call the "American Dream" had all of a sudden changed to the New American Dream of Just Keeping Up. As you read this blog, you will find many things that will help you along your personal journey. Please take away what you can and leave what you may, but remember, "Keep n' Up" is just a platform to share real life stories with real life solutions.
The Jones Family
Charles Jones Age: 42 Occupation: Area VP of large dept store chain
Samantha Jones Age: 35 Occupation: Stay at home mom
Charles Jones Jr. Age:17
Megan Jones Age: 12
Justin Jones Age: 9
Star Jones Age 1
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It's gotta be tough for Jones as Head of Household being in the "sandwich generation" that cares for both parents *and* children. Enjoy it while you can!
I'd like to find out when I should get a new(er) car vs. keeping an older (and paid for) car that is needing more repairs lately. How do you know?
Also, what about saving for the Jones kids' (private and expensive) High School and College education? Can we trust our public schools to educate our children, in order to save a buck?
God Bless you and your family.
Yea, that sounds like a pretty typical middle class family in the US. Keep at it, keep working hard for your dreams, and especially those of your children. Good luck with the process J.
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