Dear Life Kit: My husband shuts down any time I try to talk about our finances

Life Kit

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🗓️ 7 September 2023

⏱️ 14 minutes

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I'm struggling to get my husband to make a family budget with me. Whenever the topic comes up, he completely gets defensive. How do I get him to talk to me about money?

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0:24.9	Today on the show, my husband won't make a family budget with me.
0:28.9	He's good for his own money, but anytime I bring up our shared finances, he shuts down.
0:33.2	What gives?
0:34.0	Dear life kit.
0:34.8	Dear life kit.
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