And I never felt alone because at any given time I could easy recall the names of several women who had been in my shoes and survived to tell.

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Learning to balance the world of pretty pretty princess with a world of women kick ass and take names adventure was one of the greatest values my family could have instilled in me.

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In my view, this is all the more reason for women to maintain credit cards in their own names throughout their marriage, rather than wait until divorce is on the horizon and scramble to establish credit then.

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