When Life Shifts: Managing Finances During and After a Spouse’s Illness
In most marriages, there is an unspoken division of labor. One spouse manages the finances. The other handles something else. It works well for decades. And then one day, a diagnosis arrives, and everything shifts. The transition rarely happens all at once. It starts quietly. A spouse becomes ill and begins stepping back from the bills. The other spouse steps in, not because they planned to, but because it needs [...]
