06/24/2026
Most couples spend years preparing financially for retirement.
Very few have talked about what retirement will actually look like.
Not the number. The life.
👉 Where will you live?
👉 What will your days look like?
👉 What happens if one of you is ready to stop working and the other is not?
A 2025 Fidelity survey found that 48 percent disagree on the age they prepare to retire. And research from Ameriprise found that nearly two-thirds expect to retire at the same time, while only 11 percent actually do.
The gap between what couples assume and what they have actually discussed is where retirement quietly breaks down.
The good news is that most couples are not as far apart as they fear. They just have not had the conversation yet.
👉 If retirement is somewhere on your horizon, the most valuable thing you can do right now is not check your portfolio.
It is to sit down with your partner and start asking the questions you have both been putting off.
