My husband made a lot more money than me during our marriage and now he wants to leave most of his assets to his kids from his first marriage, which I understand, but it leaves me in a weird position financially if he dies first and I don't know how to talk about it without sounding greedy. We love each other but the money dynamics are complicated.
More people experience this than they realize.
Love in later life meets the mathematics of divided loyalty, where fairness to one family can mean insecurity for another.
“Where Are You with Financial legacy — what you leave behind?”
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