5 Topics Couples Should Discuss Before They Retire

If you've been thinking about retirement, you've probably been focusing on three main considerations:

1. What age you'd like to retire;

2. What you want to do in retirement; and

3. If you'll actually have enough money to accomplish items 1 and 2.

And that's a great start. Those are all important things to be pondering as you make your retirement plans.

But I'm sometimes amazed by how few couples seem to talk about those topics. They'll have conversations about their grandkids, their next big vacation and what needs to be done around the house. But they don't seem to get down to the specifics of what their individual retirement dreams are and how they could