Dear Annie: I am in a quandary. My husband (67) and I (65) are both retired; I do work from home two days a week for around seven hours or so a week now. He takes Social Security while I do not. He had no 401(k) to speak of. Me working now was to make up the difference.
My problem is my husband sees no problem or need to get a part-time job, but he does think it’s OK for me to pick up extra hours should we need some extra money. We have had many discussions/arguments about this. Recently, he was a victim of a scammer who got into our joint accounts. We lost around $10,000. He has also been hacked several times in the 10 years we have been married.
I am now thinking about keeping the money I make while working separate from our joint account. I have even thought to go as far as to divvy up the bills to force him to see where the money goes. I have never thrown in his face that I provide three times the income he does, but it’s getting to that point. I have also told him if he wants money, he will need to get a part-time job. He will look online for one but never follows through on it. I don’t know what to do. -- Financially Screaming

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