Savings & Retirement
Funerals or Finances: Americans Dread Talking About Money With Parents
Nearly half would prefer to talk about death than finances, a new survey finds.
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Would you rather talk to your parents about their money or their funerals? It’s a tough call for some Americans.
More than 40% of respondents in a new survey from Wells Fargo and Ipsos say they’d rather discuss their parents’ deaths than the state of their finances. And 19% wouldn’t mind inheriting nothing if it meant they didn’t have to talk about money with their family.