Think about death

I do since my friends husband died within 3 days of falling ill. In her words ‘he looked after’ her totally. He took care of all the finances and she literally didn’t have a clue. The poor thing was in a terrible state as he was her life but had no income for several weeks on top of her grief.
Admittedly, their finances would be much more complicated than ours but I worry how my husband would cope if I go first. I take care of all finances not because I’m a control freak or want to but because we’ve had to put our savings into several accounts which are all managed on the internet in order to get the best rates. This is a necessity as we don’t have a private pension so rely heavily on interest for our income. Only 2 of the banks have a branch on the high street now. He doesn't have a clue how to use the internet. I’m just hoping my demise is not sudden so I would get a chance to transfer everything into easy to access high street banks.
I’m also hoping our daughters will help him but as they are both a 2 hour drive away it would be difficult. I’m even thinking we should move back to London to be nearer to them. As my 70th birthday approaches I’m beginning to think retirement to the coast was not our best idea. It does keep me awake at night …

Debutante,m is there any reason not to sit with your husband and go through your finances. We’d always shared but I became a bit lazy and left it to mr I, who enjoyed it. As soo. As he was diagnosed we sat down and went through everything. Losing your life partner is the worst kind of grief and being all at sea with finances must make it worse