Till retirement planning do us part

When it comes to retirement planning (and family finances, for that matter) don't expect husbands and wives to always be on the same page.

That useful reminder comes from this Marketwatch article.

Sample insights:

Some couples did not even agree on the basic question of whether they use a financial planner, with the husbands and wives of 22% of the couples responding differently to that question.

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81% of married women said they believe they share financial-planning decisions equally with their spouse, compared with 44% of married men.

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58% of the couples gave different ideas about whom their spouse would turn to for financial guidance in the event of their death.