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When individualistic retirement planning meets collective family obligations

I saved for retirement the American way with individual accounts, but my Somali husband's family expects us to support everyone collectively and thinks I am hoarding.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The myth of self-sufficiency crumbles when faced with the reality that families are economic units, not just emotional ones.

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