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When couples face the possibility that retirement isn't financially viable

My wife and I both worked for companies that had pension cuts, and now we're trying to figure out if we can afford to retire at all or if one of us needs to keep working. We're avoiding the conversation because we're both afraid the answer is that our dreams of retiring together just aren't financially possible anymore.

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More people experience this than they realize.

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Two people must confront the gap between their shared life vision and their financial reality without losing hope or each other.

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