I have financially supported my wife for all but one year of our 23 years of marriage that has seen her stay at home and raise our 3 kids, and I have one more child that I financially raised.
I expect my wife to get a fairly significant inheritance when her mother passes away. I’m thoroughly convinced that nothing will change for us financially, but her 1-3 million inheritance will be hush hush, none of my business.
Will be interesting to see how that affects our marriage. I plan on giving her half the bills when that time comes...
So she’s treating that inheritance as hers alone? Did you sign a pre-nuptial agreement? Hhhmmm
It would only be fair that income from the investments would be considered her income, and she could pay a share of your mutual expenses in relation to that. What you really need is a professional actuary/financial planner who can propose a couple of approaches -- and take the blame!
I hope it doesn’t go down that way. It would be very disrespectful but ultimately that’s between you and her. In that situation she could get half of you and all of hers.