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[quote=Anonymous]It’s hard. He doesn’t like feeling like he’s being told what to do, but he perceives me advocating for certain joint investments (with money we both made) as being told what to do.

Like yours, my DH never puts any effort into researching options though, so I think this is partly because he knows he is less knowledgeable than me and that makes him uncomfortable. A favorite refrain of his is “I want to look into it myself” but then he never does. It’s exhausting.

As a result, though we have a joint checking account and joint credit card, we mostly keep savings/investments separate.

BUT with separate accounts, if I tell him I’m going to do something with “my” money based on my research, he will say “oh that sounds good, I want to do that too” and we’ll wind up jointly investing. It’s very roundabout and it would be better, IMO, if he just admitted he’s lazy about this stuff and let me do it (with his knowledge and consent). But at least he’s open to a good idea when he hears it, I guess.

Men are so exhausting sometimes.[/quote]

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