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When inherited money carries emotional weight in retirement

I inherited four hundred thousand dollars from my mother but using it for my retirement feels like I am spending her life instead of money.

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More people experience this than they realize.

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Money transforms from abstract resource to embodied presence of the dead, complicating its practical deployment.

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“Where Are You with Money in retirement — making it last?”

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