Couple GoalsJournalist Nicole Haddow has entered a new phase of her financial lifeas one half of a couple. At 39, she merged finances for the first time and as the author of Smashed Avocado and The Ethical Investor, she had spent more than a decade researching personal finance. However, she is now discovering that sharing money and assets in the 2020s is complex. The traditional breadwinner husband and stay at home wife dynamics are increasingly rare.