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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You can spend $5k to have a financial advisor that you hire individually for yourself sit down with just you, not your husband, and give you some long-term advice and how money flows.  Are you buying $60k cars for each child?  Every time?  Their spouses?  Each of your grandchildren?  How about educational expenses?  Will DH be working forever?  These are the kinds of questions you need to be thinking about to sort of mature out your role as the child of your parents.  [b]You need to see the big picture here, and if you wait for DH to educate you then he will have trouble respecting you.  [/b]Get some money education for yourself.[/quote]

This. Open your eyes, OP! You need to be an *equal partner* in financial planning if you want truly joint money. You need to put in some effort so that you have an informed perspective that includes the long term and the bigger picture. NOT demanding whatever you want, pouting when you don't get it, and making your vanity or feeling of obligation the most important thing. Learn about money, consider the whole picture for your whole family, and present your views in a way that your DH can understand.

I suspect a lot of this is about your dad coming to the last years of his life, and I'm very sorry for your anticipatory grief and eventual loss. But a new car and a fight with your DH won't fix it.[/quote]

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