In our seven years of marriage, we spent almost two years apart from each other, me in the Philippines and he was in Guam then. He used to send me a monthly allowance and being the saver that I am, I managed to save enough to purchase a 120 sq meter lot for us. We asked my mother if she would like her home to be built on the said lot but she chose our place in Donsol which she regretted later on. John financed the building of my Mom's house before I left.
When I finally came here, we lived at my FIL's house for a year before we bought our own. We have been paying our mortgage for more than four years but a couple of month's ago, we decided to refinance because we were offered a lower interest rate by USAA. Our former loan had 6.25% interest but now we have a 4.62% mortgage. Now we are back to a 30-year loan wahhhh. It's okay though because it saved us a lot from paying the interest.
We also paid off our car loan last year and eliminated some of the old credit card debts. Sad to say we accumulated new ones lol..
We send two of my siblings to school and also send aid to my Mom once in a while. And above all, we have two adorable children. We only rayed for one but God is so great that He gave us a bonus, having a son! That's about what we have accomplished so far. This is the topic that couples are taking about at..