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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It's so annoying. Did she have her head in the sand for those decades that she was married? My parents are pretty traditional, but even so, my mother always emphasized to me that couples are equally responsible for their taxes and you should always know what's being done with them. I do our taxes but I always go over it with my husband because he needs to know too. It's sad that she's just now learning how to "adult", as the kids say.[/quote]

And how was she so ignorant about finances when she had books and a business? Even if you have someone else handling things, it’s irresponsible and weird to not understand your cash flow. [/quote]

Well to be fair I don’t look at my finances…. We have a joint account and my husband tries to tell me about it but it is overwhelming so I just let him do it. He’s a good guy though and VERY thrifty so I know he’s not spending unwisely. He handles the retirement too. I just don’t love numbers![/quote]

I mean, before kids I was GREAT at finances and had my own house my own career and paid my own bills.  Got married in my 30s and I will say the last 8 years have been a blur...I now stay home and admittedly have no clue what is in our bank account/bills/etc. We have divided jobs and I'm on school/doctors/household management/etc etc etc and my husband has taken over bills.  I know I should be more aware but I am tired!  I think it is easy as an overwhelmed mom to divide chores and give up bills. I hope to get more involved as my last is starting kindergarten in 2 years but I don't think it is rare at all to step back from finances as you are managing all the other responsibilities of young children. [/quote]

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