My wife and I inherited money We inherited $100k. We have spent ~$27k paying off student loans and individual loans, credit cards, and replacing some parts of our house that were falling apart. So that leaves us with ~$73k, what can we do with the rest of the money? I have roughly $33k left on my truck loan, but I didn’t know if I should pay it off completely or pay a lump …

What Should I watch with my wife? The Wire Rome Homeland The Americans I’ve seen everything but The Americans and she hasn’t seen any of them submitted by /u/Human-Function5990

Unsure what the wife and I should do with our savings. My wife and I (32) have 110k in a HYSA and 5k in our checking. My wife makes 75k a year and contributes 5% to her 401k which hits her employer match. I just had to start a new job and I make 68k a year and contribute 12% to my 401K with a current match up to 3% and after a year will be raised to a match of 6%. We currently have a 7 month old and…

Does my wife need a visa? Hello all! Me and my wife are currently living in the UK (I, UK Citizen and my Mexican wife with visa to be here) and we will be travelling to Mexico in December. I’ve seen and heard conflicting information if we need visas or not, as our flight will stop for a few hrs in newark before travelling to Mexico.as we are not leaking departures, or th…

Father in nursing home with separated wife. Wife signed up for advance tax credit marketplace insurance. Long story. My father, who is in a nursing home (who I’m POA for) has a wife that took off when he got sick. I ended up having to take care of him for 6 months till I couldn’t deal with his Parkinsons and falling down all the time. She never divorced him so she could be eligible for his pension/soc security/insurance. I dealt with protecting most of his ass…

Did we lose my wife’s 401k? My wife worked for a company for 10 years and had a company match 401(k). She has been at her new job for a couple years now, but we have been unable to access her old account. Is her 401(k) gone, or should we be able to access and transfer the balance? Edit: Thank you everyone for the great advice! We really appreciate it. We will start contac…

I have an HSA for myself, and the wife with her PPO I have my HSA just for myself alone because my wife has her insurance (free). Is it smart to change my HSA to family to increase the contribution limit? How about me being added to her insurance for a small premium? Basically making us a dependent on each other’s health insurance? What will be the implications when we use our insurance? subm…

Wife is coming into a windfall. What to do? My wife will be receiving an inheritance in the amount of 100k USD. We’re both employed making 150k annually. We owe 158k on the house (4.25% interest rate). We have 7k in credit card debt (0 percent interest rate until next year). And we owe 11k(4%interest rate) on one car and 29k (5.5%interest rate) on the other. She has around 80k in her 401k…

Can my wife and I afford this house? My wife and I make about 180k combined. We’ve saved up around 140k in liquid cash. The home we’re looking at is 470k and property taxes would be around 500 per month in our area. We have paid off all of our debt and have monthly expenses ranging from 2-2.5k. I work hard to make sure we’re saving enough for retirement and that’s something I do no…

wife’s life insurance Is there an easy way to see if my wife had any? I’ve not found any paperwork saying she did. When I called the main insurance companies they can’t tell me. I asked her employer but they don’t offer anything. submitted by /u/DJRadar76

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Should my wife quit her job? We have a bit of a unique situation, and are wondering whether my wife should quit her job or stay. We live and rent our home in Connecticut, so cost of living is fairly high. I can’t drive, so my wife has to drive me to and from work daily. This is only a 15 minute commute, but unfortunately it crosses state lines so I can’t use public transpor…

What to do with wife’s old 401k? Hi, 42/M head of household, my wife left her old job to be a stay at home mom 7 years ago, at that time she had a 401k with about 12k in. She is horrible with financials and basically has not checked on it since. My understanding is that if I were to have her merge it with mine it would incur penalties? Just wondering if I should push her to do …

My wife and MIL are on a shared checking account. What liabilities is my wife taking on? My MIL is terrible with money and most likely has a buying addiction. Before my FIL passed, they put my wife on a joint checking account with MIL because he knew of her problems and wanted us to be able to monitor. But monitoring is about all we can do since we live a few states away. Plus, she loves opening up credit cards, so we don’t have muc…

Help me help my wife please My wife is working to return to design work after many years working in our home with our kids. Her degree is in interior design and I think she has all the theory and principles still, but doesn’t know the modern tools. She has had 1 or 2 clients a year for many years, but is getting a lot more attention now. I work in tech and can help her get…

Make up advice for me and wife Hey all! Need some advice here to get started. Me and wife grew poor, so most of our life we went through not learning the fashion or makeup trends to make oneself look better. Whenever we go out, we both usually dab something on the skin in the name of makeup. Now we are both 30 + and we are doing better in life and have good money to invest in…

W4 help for my wife and I. I am very confused if I am supposed to mark box 2c. The worksheet really confuses I am hoping for a simple accurate answer. My wife and I are married in California. I make 71k a year and she makes about 15k a year. Only two jobs total. Currently my w4 is marked as married filing jointly and for state we marked “single or married (with two or mor…

Helping my wife, any advise? submitted by /u/zheke91