In the aftershocks of the financial crisis and with billions of dollars flying in stimulus, TARP, and other tools, have you been left wondering where your bailout is? Takeaway contributor, Beth Kobliner has gotten that question a lot: she's the author of “Get a Financial Life.”

We're running a 10-week series we're calling the Do-It-Yourself Bailout. This week we're looking at why it's so hard to talk about money issues. What about your personal finances do you find it hardest to share with other people? Is it how much debt you have? How much you get paid?