70. How To Navigate Stepfamily Finances

The Stepmom Diaries | Blended Family & Stepmom Support Podcast · Sep 7, 2023 · 17m

Stepfamily finances and the issues around them are some of the most important but least talked about (at least in advance) landmines that must be navigated in a new blended family.

When I met my husband, Craig, we talked about all kinds of things when we were planning to marry and move in together. But you know what we didn't talk about? Stepfamily finances. We did sit down right around when we got engaged to go through each of our assets and debts. And we talked about our philosophy around debt…But that was about the extent of it.

There are a ton of things to consider around stepfamily…