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Quentin Fottrell Quentin Fottrell is MarketWatch’s Managing Editor-Advice Columns and The Moneyist columnist. You can follow…

My girlfriend, a widow in her 40s, pays off her credit card after every transaction. Is that weird?

Quentin Fottrell Quentin Fottrell is MarketWatch’s Managing Editor-Advice Columns and The Moneyist columnist. You can follow…

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