However, if you receive spousal benefits, your spouse’s earnings could affect the overall amount you get from Social Security. These are Social Security payments you can collect on the basis of your husband’s or wife’s earnings record.
My wife says she is sorry and understands why I'm upset, but thinks I'm making a bigger deal out of it than need be. I trust my wife, and believe her that it was innocent, but in my mind, it is still wrong for a married woman to spend the night in another man's hotel room, innocent or not.
My wife began an affair beginning in May of 2006 with a co-worker. I found out about it a couple of weeks later and confronted her. She said that she would stop seeing the guy, yet within a few weeks apparently continued the affair. I confronted her a couple of other times in the ensuing months, but she kept denying the affair.
Learn the rules of Social Security Spousal benefits and how to maximize your monthly payments based on your spouse's or ex-spouse’s earnings.
If your spouse is older and enrolls in Medicare instead of keeping the employer’s insurance, you as the younger spouse may lose private health insurance coverage.
Yes, you can collect Social Security on a spouse’s earnings record. You may be able to do this in the form of spousal benefits, or as survivor benefits if you are a widow or widower.
Whether you need to enroll in Medicare while working depends on the size of the employer. The same is true if you are insured through your spouse.