{"id":3235,"date":"2013-09-09T04:00:06","date_gmt":"2013-09-09T08:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kerryhannon.com\/?p=3235"},"modified":"2014-01-19T19:25:15","modified_gmt":"2014-01-19T23:25:15","slug":"kerrys-tips-on-purple-clover-why-women-should-be-talking-to-other-women-about-money","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kerryhannon.com\/?p=3235","title":{"rendered":"Kerry’s Tips on Purple Clover: Why Women Should Be Talking to Other Women About Money"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Purple_Clover_Primed_For_Life\"<\/a>How many times have you had an unresolvable situation that gets resolved when you call a girlfriend? I\u2019m not talking about an acquaintance. I\u2019m talking about that kind of sister-friend who you can share anything with.<\/p>\n

Sisterhood is powerful. And sisterhood has a certain zing-zing that swirls around each woman and lifts her up. Where would we be now without the sisterhood of Suffragettes? What about the sisterhood of,\u00a0Your husband does that, too? OK, now I feel better.<\/i>\u00a0And let us not forget that all important sisterhood of the only people that will talk to you about your deepest secrets and still love you \u2014 maybe even love you more.<\/p>\n

So, why is the subject of money so often\u00a0off<\/i>\u00a0the agenda of what the Sisterhood talks about? According to\u00a0Kerry Hannon<\/a>, personal financial retirement expert and author of the national bestseller “Great Jobs For Everyone 50+,” it has a lot to do with outdated expectations and social norms.<\/p>\n

\u201cBoomer women grew up in an era where there wasn\u2019t a lot of emphasis on women doing math and science,\u201d says Hannon. \u201cI think women still have insecurity about math to a certain degree, so money seems to fall into that category. I think there are many women still out there who never expected that they were going to have to learn to be in charge of the big picture finances.\u201d<\/p>\n

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by Amy Shouse<\/p>\n

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