My wife has only $80,000 saved for retirement. -2-
You ask if you are wrong to feel this way. You should feel how you feel. You have a right to your feelings. It's not my job to police your feelings, but it is my job - since you asked - to point out that feelings can evolve with understanding and not a small amount of self-reflection. Your wife does not deserve a "gotcha" moment, two children and three grandchildren later.
She does, as she tried to explain, deserve your thanks.
Related: My sister moved in with our mother, 78, and says she deserves the $925,000 family home. Is she right?
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