Anonymous
Post 01/22/2026 18:26     Subject: Financial Literacy Resources for Clueless Wife
OP, you need to understand your tax return. Know what every account is. Know how it is titled. Which are joint, and if not, why not. You need to know cash flow and how money is spent, even if each of you benefit from a large discretionary category.
Anonymous
Post 01/22/2026 18:15     Subject: Financial Literacy Resources for Clueless Wife
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Get a job.


go away, raising three kids is a job that has allowed her spouse to focus on work and become high earning



You & OP need a job.


I am the pp and I have three kids and have had a two income household since my youngest started preschool over 15 years ago. However I am not a myopic black and white thinker who resorts to insults online rather than offering support and advice. Even though my situation is different, of course I can see how having a stay at home parent benefits many families and likely allowed the DH in this scenario to focus more on work and get ahead in that arena. And, I offered a bunch of tips above on where to start with financial literacy rather than just slamming op.
Anonymous
Post 01/22/2026 17:11     Subject: Financial Literacy Resources for Clueless Wife
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Get a job.


go away, raising three kids is a job that has allowed her spouse to focus on work and become high earning



You & OP need a job.
Anonymous
Post 01/22/2026 16:55     Subject: Financial Literacy Resources for Clueless Wife
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Get a job.


go away, raising three kids is a job that has allowed her spouse to focus on work and become high earning[/quote

No his sperm helped bring those "kids" into this world.

No woman should stay home and raise the kids with out knowing where all the financial papers are what the account numbers and passwords are etc..

She should get a job as well.
Anonymous
Post 01/22/2026 16:52     Subject: Financial Literacy Resources for Clueless Wife
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Anonymous
Post 01/22/2026 16:51     Subject: Financial Literacy Resources for Clueless Wife
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Get a job.


go away, raising three kids is a job that has allowed her spouse to focus on work and become high earning

No, it’s actually not a bad idea. Especially if she had a big job before.


+1
Anonymous
Post 01/21/2026 20:23     Subject: Financial Literacy Resources for Clueless Wife
This may be unpopular, but what about just talking to your husband? Articulating your desire to be more well informed and participatory? I feel like his response will be indicative of whether you should worry. Regardless, you need to be more informed. But I can’t imagine being married and having to essentially dig into our family finances on the sly. Seems antithetical to lifetime partnership.
Anonymous
Post 01/21/2026 19:53     Subject: Financial Literacy Resources for Clueless Wife
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Get a job.


go away, raising three kids is a job that has allowed her spouse to focus on work and become high earning

No, it’s actually not a bad idea. Especially if she had a big job before.
Anonymous
Post 01/21/2026 19:50     Subject: Financial Literacy Resources for Clueless Wife
Anonymous wrote:Get a job.


This
Anonymous
Post 01/21/2026 19:37     Subject: Financial Literacy Resources for Clueless Wife
OP who pays the bills? Mortgage, credit cards, etc. Utilities?
If you do, you have a start. Do you have your own credit cards in you name only. Maybe from before when you were working? Start using them for small things and paying the bills for those to get your credit active again.
Anonymous
Post 01/21/2026 19:28     Subject: Financial Literacy Resources for Clueless Wife
Anonymous wrote:Get a job.


go away, raising three kids is a job that has allowed her spouse to focus on work and become high earning