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How to address a partner's financial irresponsibility during unemployment

My wife lost her job six months ago and has stopped looking for work, spending her days online shopping with our emergency fund while I work sixty-hour weeks and feel like I am losing my mind.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Crisis has revealed the fault lines between shared responsibility and individual coping, threatening both security and respect.

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“Where Are You with Love and money — financial stress in relationships?”

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