Loving Your Wife

I’m Miriam Neff and I’m Valerie Neff Hogan with Wise Women Managing Money.

M My friend has a dilemma.  A couple he cares about doesn’t have their finances in order. There is no list of these assets. Nothing is in a safety deposit box.  And his wife knows little about any of this. 

My friend can’t get him to even make a consolidated list. 

V I suggest he ask his friend, “Do you love your wife?”  We know he does.  “Then devote yourself to document, and organize for her sake.”  Include her in the process because otherwise you will leave her alone and scared having to do it anyway. 

In 8 of 10 marriages, the husband will depart this planet before the wife does. Do you love her?  Then inform, protect, and at least provide her with information.