I had a story mentioned today in US News & World Report. They wanted a few marriage counselors to tell how they proposed marriage in inexpensive ways.

My girlfriend and I were just out of college, broke and teaching english in the Czech Republic and Japan.

This was a fun story the link is here:

http://money.usnews.com/money/personal-finance/articles/2014/10/24/fun-and-frugal-ways-to-propose-marriage

Last week I was interviewed by Monster.com as a couples expert for an article they are doing on how your spouse can make or break your career.

Though the topic was a bit presumptuous it is worth exploring how those we love can assist us and occasionally interfere with our career goals.

As with all interviews I offered them ideas, thoughts and what I see as words of occasional wisdom and their editors cut it down into several quotes that they then sprinkle throughout the ...