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Hey guys. Um, so I have a mix of a financial and personal question. Okay. I am recently engaged. Uh, my fiance and I have been together a total of three years. We're going to have a blended family of four kids altogether. One from my previous marriage, three from his previous relationship. We're older, we had full separate lives, and now we're attempting to kind of combine them and blend them.

And everything's pretty good except the financial differences that we have and how he manages his finances, how I manage mine. We also have a large income gap. And so my question ultimately is, is it best for us to go a kind of more non-traditional route and kind of keep separate lives because we kind of need to because it's so complicated? Or...

And everything's pretty good except the financial differences that we have and how he manages his finances, how I manage mine. We also have a large income gap. And so my question ultimately is, is it best for us to go a kind of more non-traditional route and kind of keep separate lives because we kind of need to because it's so complicated? Or...

And everything's pretty good except the financial differences that we have and how he manages his finances, how I manage mine. We also have a large income gap. And so my question ultimately is, is it best for us to go a kind of more non-traditional route and kind of keep separate lives because we kind of need to because it's so complicated? Or...

Do I try to, for lack of a better word, force him to develop better financial habits?

Do I try to, for lack of a better word, force him to develop better financial habits?

Do I try to, for lack of a better word, force him to develop better financial habits?

How old are you two?

How old are you two?

How old are you two?

We're in our 40s. You're going to burn a lot of calories either way, aren't you? You said we're what?

We're in our 40s. You're going to burn a lot of calories either way, aren't you? You said we're what?

We're in our 40s. You're going to burn a lot of calories either way, aren't you? You said we're what?

I'm hoping not. I'm hoping that, you know, it can all be.

I'm hoping not. I'm hoping that, you know, it can all be.

I'm hoping not. I'm hoping that, you know, it can all be.

So when you say working together, right, because the nuance that I'm struggling with is he's an entrepreneur, small business owner. You know, he's in that phase of developing his business, so the business hasn't taken off yet.

So when you say working together, right, because the nuance that I'm struggling with is he's an entrepreneur, small business owner. You know, he's in that phase of developing his business, so the business hasn't taken off yet.

So when you say working together, right, because the nuance that I'm struggling with is he's an entrepreneur, small business owner. You know, he's in that phase of developing his business, so the business hasn't taken off yet.

About 10 years.