Recent content by Housewife51

Absolutely not. He doesn't gamble in any form. I don't think he's looking for a quick buck or for some over-the-top return. I just think he might not be completely as knowledgeable on what he's doing as he should be. I wish he'd consult an actual expert instead of signing up for endless...

Thanks for the validation, Mountainsoft. It might be nice if I ever had heard that much from my husband. Yes, he worked very hard his entire career, but he also traveled a lot in the first 20 years of it, leaving me to raise three kids on my own much of the time. I worked hard, too, and I...

My original intent was to ask if others have been in a similar position of being in a marriage partnership where one person worked for a paycheck and the other worked for no pay, then once retirement came around for the salaried spouse, the money was suddenly looked at as belonging only to one...

Some clarification to my comments above are needed, I see. First, I want to make it clear that my husband is a good man, and I have no intention of getting a divorce. I'm not going to turn this into a marriage counseling session, but suffice to say that my inheritance will be about half "his"...

Hi all -- My husband retired in 2020 at 60, and I've been a stay-at-home mom and housewife for 28 of our 31 year marriage. He's happy as can be about retiring after 35 years of working for the same company. I worked full-time until we had our first child 28 years ago, and I worked part-time...