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Help! Should I Tell My Wife I Might Get Laid Off?

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In Money’s “Readers to the Rescue” department, we publish questions from readers seeking help with sticky financial situations, along with advice from other readers on how to solve those problems. Here’s our latest reader question:

My company has been laying off people. I don't want to worry my wife, but should I warn her that it could happen to me?

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