7. “My parents keep expecting us to pay for them”

Money For Couples with Ramit Sethi · Aug 31, 2021 · 47m

Barry is a first-generation Pakistani immigrant. His wife, Maria, is also Pakistani and was born and raised in the United States. Cultural expectations are making it difficult to get aligned on their joint finances.

Barry has grown up living under a set of unwritten cultural rules whereby the son is expected to take care of his parents financially. They’re paying for family dinners and charity donations right now, but Barry strongly suspects his parents are anticipating moving in with them after they retire.

Maria has been biting her lip so far. She wants financial freedom, but knows she…