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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]No. YOU do not have enough money to quit your job. You are a dependent. [/quote]

That’s an odd way to see a marriage. We treat ours like a partnership. I take care of the home and he works for now. There was a time it was reversed but no one ever feels like a dependent.[/quote]

It’s not true when there isn’t enough to “take care of at home”, you just become a dependent adult not pulling your weight,

And if her H quit and was like “I take out the trash and mow the lawn so I deserve to quit” you’d be appalled by his brashness. [/quote]

So by this logic spouses need to retire at exactly the same time? Also, OP didn't say she'll never work again. [b]Are people not allowed to take a few years off to explore other things?[/b][/quote]

If they can pay their own way during that time, sure. Start saving.[/quote]

What does this even mean? Tracking your portion of savings separately and then drawing down only from it to pay for … lunch out? Gas? Half the mortgage?

We both work but I will definitely not work past 55.  My spouse might decide to.  I have no idea what portion of our savings I’ve earned (we had to pay my student loans for a few years, for example — is that subtracted out?), and can’t imagine a marriage where we thought about finances so separately.[/quote]

Of course you should have separate savings, and of course you should use them to pay for your own obligations like mortgage, etc, if you're not working. [/quote]

This is so weird.[/quote]

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