On Meetup.com, a community bulletin board for the digital age, there are groups for like-minded people of all kinds.

Baby boomers, urban homesteaders, amateur psychics, weekend hikers, veterans interested in doomsday prepping — whatever your interest, there’s a group for you.

When it comes to money, though, many people still aren’t comfortable opening up with anyone, let alone strangers. Many women, in particular, report a lack of confidence in the subject.

While more than half of women today are primary breadwinners, less than a quarter — 22 percent — feel “well prepared” to make financial decisions, according to a survey conducted by Prudential in 2012-2013. Overall, women were twice as likely as men — 15 percent compared to 7 percent — to identify themselves as financial “beginners.”
Financial education groups bring women together to talk money