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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Im the no clue having spouse-it came abt bc I’m deeply uninterested in the details and my husband enjoys that stuff. If he didn’t I would certainly suck it up and do my share (though probably in an unsophisticated way.) I occasionally ask him how much is in the 529s and savings, etc. (like once a year.) [/quote]

I was you. Until my then 12 year old daughter one day overheard me say to my husband “I had no idea we had xyz account with that much in it!”

She asked me if only Dad knew how much money we had. I realized the answer was “yes” but also not what I wanted to model for her.  I said “yes, but this is a mistake.  I need to know what’s going on.”

Since then, once a year, for about 4-8 hours, we sit down and go through each account together and he shares with me his plan for our future.  Surprisingly (to me), he enjoys those sessions and is much happier that I am a partner in this too.

That DD is starting college this year and we sat down with her and shared our plan to pay for her college (529’s, some CDs, etc).  I am really glad I changed my behavior.  [/quote]

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