How can she make so much, but have no idea how to handle it?
My spouse is an amazing, justice-seeking, do-good-in-the world professional who makes a surprisingly decent living considering the good she does. And she is absolutely murder on our finances. So much of my life consists of asking her to put her earnings in our joint account , asking her to do her billing, begging her not to use the credit card we agreed not to use , paying parking tickets she’s incurred—the list goes on.
I think I’ve got her to finally sign onto the idea of a budget , but it’s going to be me looking after things. Is there any way of reducing the sheer amount of work that I have to put into this, and the friction between us that results? It makes me feel awful psychologically, and nervous financially. How can I make sure our financial future isn’t a magic eight ball?Dear Till Death Do Us Part,
Your spouse’s struggle with managing her money may be a function of attentional problems, which often manifest as things like being disorganized with administrative tasks, a lack of attention to detail, procrastination on arranging occasional, but important, medical appointments—a lot of the issues you describe in your letter.
My mother and I live together. Neither of us absolutely need to, but we would each struggle and not have as good of a quality of life if we didn’t live together. Most of the time this is fine. We split most of the bills, including food and we take turns cooking.
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