Through the Pines Ep. 21 - LOVE and MONEY, How to Structure Finances as a Couple

Through the Pines Financial Planning #podcast 

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Through the Pines - LOVE and MONEY: how to structure finances as a couple

Topics:

Debt
Current Debt
Feelings on Debt
When you get a new job, what does Gross Income versus Net Income look like?
Recreational Spending
How much?
How often?
Beneficiaries on each other’s accounts?
We usually recommend waiting until after marriage unless it’s a long-term serious relationship with kids or other financial dependent factors.
Feelings on how kids and careers will work together.
Once Married
Joint accounts versus Separate Accounts, how do you decide?
Splitting bills with different incomes.
Joint Goals versus Individual Financial Goals

(S’more Numbers) - Dynamics of Spenders Versus Savers 

Challenges and Strengths of:
2 Savers
2 Spenders
1 Saver and 1 Spender
How do you get on the same page?
Communicate and Set Goals/ spending boundaries.
How do the financial dynamics change when people are on 2nd or 3rd marriages?
Often times more separate accounts?\
How are bills split?
Prenuptial Agreements
What happens when a surviving spouse marries a much younger spouse late in retirement?
How do people handle inheritances? (both biological parents have passed, but assets remain with 2nd surviving spouse unless trust work is involved

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