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Gone but not forgotten
Who cares whether or not widowers can cook?
(The Casserole Brigade ) Women who are looking for a new partner and if he has some money and a driver's license he's in heavy demand .
Who cares whether or not widowers can cook?
Libidos, money, driver's licenses... sounds like cooking skills are coming in a distant fourth!(The Casserole Brigade ) Women who are looking for a new partner and if he has some money and a driver's license he's in heavy demand .
Depends on which section of the cookbook his page is opened to...Libidos, money, driver's licenses... sounds like cooking skills are coming in a distant fourth!
Kind of like a widower who doesn't know how to cook and still has a healthy libido ??
3 words..."It's all invested."
Next question?
Yes, I do. BTDT myself with "interested parties", interested in how much life insurance, interested in how did I get to FIRE at age 48, interested in stuff that was none of their darn business.do you really think that will stop a determined con artist who is in her bed?
or a parasitic offspring or nephew....who is the only one looking in on her when she is 85?
a better canned answer would be...
"I lost it all buying lottery tickets... can I borrow $50 bucks until Tuesday?" ; - )
That would be very effective parasite repellent too...a better canned answer would be...
"I lost it all buying lottery tickets... can I borrow $50 bucks until Tuesday?" ; - )
I have a letter in our safe in an unsealed envelope to my wife. It explains what money is where, and a few people I might trust to give her advice if this is overwhelming.
Excellent idea. We've been doing this for years. The bad news is that DW "stalled out" at paying the bills, balancing the checkbook and that sort of thing. The good news is that I know and understand that and now plan accordingly.give your spouse a portion of the bills and finances to manage. Study how that goes. Adjust strategy accordingly.
Agreed. If I go first, my 401k goes to our son. If DW goes first, her 403b (now in a rollover IRA) goes to our son. The resulting nestegg sans these amounts still leaves a decent retirement income for the survivor.consider how you would feel if your spouse remarries, predeceases the new spouse, and all the money goes to the kids or trophy wife of the new spouse.
you may wish to slice things in half, and keep half in a life estate to ensure the kids get something...depending on your spouses requirements.
Agree on the "give the kids something up front" part but, despite DW not being very interested in financial things, am trying to avoid the annuity solution for the balance.the only sure way is to give the kids something right up front, hopefully be used to pay of student loans or buy a house or business, and lock everything else up in an annuity for the wife.