{"id":3611,"date":"2026-05-03T01:04:19","date_gmt":"2026-05-03T01:04:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/echeloncreativemedia.com\/marketvows\/2026\/05\/03\/joint-finances-after-decades-of-marriage-is-separate-money-a-mistake\/"},"modified":"2026-05-03T01:04:19","modified_gmt":"2026-05-03T01:04:19","slug":"joint-finances-after-decades-of-marriage-is-separate-money-a-mistake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/echeloncreativemedia.com\/marketvows\/2026\/05\/03\/joint-finances-after-decades-of-marriage-is-separate-money-a-mistake\/","title":{"rendered":"Joint Finances After Decades of Marriage: Is Separate Money a Mistake?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A couple married for over 40 years wonders if they should have kept their money separate, currently maintaining joint accounts except for their IRAs. The Moneyist advises that if the current arrangement works, there&#8217;s no need to change it, but open communication about financial goals is crucial. Maintaining separate IRAs is highlighted as a smart move for individual retirement planning.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;font-style: normal;font-weight: bold\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marketwatch.com\/articles\/we-are-old-school-ive-been-married-for-40-years-should-i-have-kept-my-money-separate-a9999999999\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">READ MORE FROM MARKETWATCH<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A couple married for over 40 years wonders if they should have kept their money separate, currently maintaining joint accounts except for their IRAs. The Moneyist advises that if the current arrangement works, there&#8217;s no need to change it, but open communication about financial goals is crucial. Maintaining separate IRAs is highlighted as a smart [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3612,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/images.mktw.net\/im-36950267?width=1260&height=840","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[28,29,31,32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3611","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-economy","category-global-affairs","category-technology","category-travel"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/images.mktw.net\/im-36950267?width=1260&height=840","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/echeloncreativemedia.com\/marketvows\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3611","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/echeloncreativemedia.com\/marketvows\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/echeloncreativemedia.com\/marketvows\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/echeloncreativemedia.com\/marketvows\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/echeloncreativemedia.com\/marketvows\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3611"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/echeloncreativemedia.com\/marketvows\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3611\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/echeloncreativemedia.com\/marketvows\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3612"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/echeloncreativemedia.com\/marketvows\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3611"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/echeloncreativemedia.com\/marketvows\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3611"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/echeloncreativemedia.com\/marketvows\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3611"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}