Right now he has control of all but half of the inheritance I got from my mother. I already told him the other half will be under my name only. And of course my IRA which has grown considerably, more than quadrupling since that initial $5000 back in 1982. It's in my name only.
Financially I am not dependent on him. But for other things I am. If we broke up I would be completely alone as my last true friend died about 2 yrs ago. I have no family here. I live in a semi-rural area were people keep to themselves so have a few acquaintances but no other friends. Like my mother, I outlived the few friends I still had here. And with dyscalculia I will always be dependent on someone to pay the bills for me. Before I remarried I still had friends here so that was not a big problem I would have now if something happened to him.
He could survive very well on his own I believe. Being a senior women in a rural area, I would not fare so well now with everyone either deceased or moved away. Dyscalculia effects more than just the ability to make sense of anything more than simple arithmetic. Aside from that, maintaining this place alone wouldn't be possible anymore. There's a big difference between being 42, the age I married him, and being 70.
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