A woman ended her marriage with her wealthy husband of three decades and is exploring avenues to claim some of his Social Security benefits. In a MarketWatch post, she explained how she raised the children, supported her ex-husband's career goals, and missed decades of work that has severely impacted her Social Security benefits. While the woman remarried a few years ago with a husband who works part-time with a relatively lower salary, she doesn't plan to spend the rest of her life living "hand to mouth." As she works to determine if she is entitled to her ex-husband's Social Security benefits, the woman is concerned about how claiming benefits from her former husband can bring up past issues, given that he has a "short fuse."
