Q&A: “My Husband is Not Reliable with Money. Should We Split Finances?

Afford Anything | Make Smart Money Choices

Paula Pant | Cumulus Podcast Network

Entrepreneurship, Investing, Business

4.7 • 3.6K Ratings

🗓️ 7 May 2024

⏱️ 91 minutes

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Summary

#503: Lindsay’s husband struggles with a mental disability. She’s worried about the impact on her family’s finances. How does she maintain harmony in her marriage and protect her kids’ future? An anonymous caller is stoked about her young nephew’s interest in saving for retirement. What’s Paula and Joe’s advice for a teenage saver? Another anonymous caller wants to get personal about Paula’s personal finances. Following up on a discussion from episode 494, Melanie has exciting news to share about automating ETF investments at Vanguard. Former financial planner Joe Saul-Sehy and I tackle these four questions in today’s episode. Enjoy! P.S. Got a question? Leave it at https://affordanything.com/podcast-questions For more information, visit the show notes at https://affordanything.com/episode503 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	You know something I just realized Paula? What's that? We always talk about everybody else's money. How can we never talk about your money?
0:06.8	Oh, hey, I am a private person. These are private details.
0:11.1	Yeah, private people, Paula, generally, have a microphone in front of them and put out a show
0:15.8	a couple times a week.
0:16.8	Well, I tell you what, at the end of today's episode, I will spill the beans on my... Yeah exactly pull back the curtain
0:25.6	exactly open the corner. Wow all right. All right so that's coming up at the end of
0:30.4	the show but first we've got some questions of yours to answer.
0:34.8	Welcome to the afford anything podcast the show that understands you can afford anything but
0:39.0	not everything and that applies to your money, your time, your focus, your energy, your attention.
0:44.4	It applies to any limited resource you need to manage.
0:46.8	So what matters most and how do you make smart decisions accordingly?
0:53.0	Those are the two questions this podcast is here to explore.
0:56.0	I'm your host, Paula Pant, and every other episode I answer questions that come from you alongside my buddy the former financial planner Joe Saul C. Hi. What's up Joe?
1:06.5	Paula, I'm super excited to be here. You and I took a couple minutes to preview these questions and wow.
1:15.4	The first question that we're going to address
1:18.0	is, well, you know what, let's just play it.
1:21.6	Yeah.
1:22.0	Yeah. Hey. Yeah.
1:23.0	Hey Paula and Joe, this is Lindsay from Austin, Texas.
1:28.0	Calling to ask you something that may be a bizarre question.
1:32.0	Take it or leave it. So I'm 44, I make $104,000 a year. I just got this job. This is a pretty
1:41.0	decent wage for somebody in my line of work. I only have as far as retirement accounts about
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