Re: Getting your SO involved
If you are the one doing all the bookkeeping and he has no problems with it, you have a better chance of getting started. My husband is the same. I'll show ideas to him and he just has no opinion about it. He doesn't keep up with the money that he spends. Since you can't do anything about their spending habits; you can only work on what you can do. Regardless of who is in the picture, you are responsible for taking care of what you can. You could try talking to him and working out a plan where maybe he has so much to spend and show him what you're willing to do also to reduce debt. Some people just don't get it. I can tell you that if it wasn't for what I do with the money, I don't know where my husband would be financially. It's not that I'm a genius or that we are rich. It's because I have taken it upon myself to do the charts, find good CD rates, check ot retirement savings plans, etc. He has no interest in it AT ALL.
So, do what you can and make it your prority. Maybe he'll catch on eventually.
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