176. “I’m 8 mos pregnant. He only wants to talk about how much the baby will cost”

Money For Couples

Ramit Sethi

Relationships, Society & Culture, Investing, Business

4.6 • 3.1K Ratings

🗓️ 1 October 2024

⏱️ 90 minutes

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Summary

Jason is a 40 y/o COO. Megan is a 34 y/o flight attendant and they’re about to have a baby. Megan wants to take 1 year maternity leave—Jason is stressing about how it will affect their finances. While they have a $3M net worth, they’re both in credit card debt and their lack of joint finances makes it hard to make a plan. This episode is brought to you by: Wildgrain | Get $30 off the first box - PLUS free Croissants in every box at https://wildgrain.com/ramit. Facet | Get affordable, accessible financial planning with a flat fee membership. For a limited time, the $250 enrollment fee will be waived when you sign up at https://facet.com/ramit. Trustworthy | Save 10% on an upgrade to keep your family’s information safely stored at https://trustworthy.com/ramit. Rocket Money | Stop throwing your money away. Cancel unwanted subscriptions – and manage your expenses the easy way – by going to https://rocketmoney.com/ramit. Superhuman | Get a free month of lightning fast email at https://try.sprh.mn/ramitsethi. Links mentioned in this episode • Download the Conscious Spending Plan • Pre-order my upcoming book: Money for Couples Connect with Ramit • Pre-order my upcoming book: Money for Couples • Get the Podcast Newsletter and exclusive Q&A about the show • Sign up to attend a live event on my book tour • Get Money Coaching with Ramit • Download the Conscious Spending Plan • Listen to my book—now on Audible • Get my New York Times best-selling book • Get my no-numbers journal • Other episodes • Instagram • Twitter • YouTube If you and your partner have a money issue and you want my help, I occasionally select a couple to work with, free of charge. Apply for my help here. Produced by Crate Media.

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0:00.0	Every week on the show you hear me coach a couple through their conscious spending plan.
0:04.5	And I love looking at their CSP because it gives me so many clues.
0:08.8	Why a couple is feeling anxious about money or why they're really fighting about a $17 Amazon purchase. A lot of couples come here wondering, do we have enough for retirement?
0:18.8	How do we build an emergency fund? If you want my help on your CSP, I'm actually hosting a live group
0:25.8	coaching call this month called how to create your conscious spending plan. It's
0:30.6	happening on October 17th and the only way you can join this call is if you are in my money coaching program
0:36.8	I'll do a live walkthrough of setting up your conscious spending plan and you'll have the chance to ask me questions during the live Q&A.
0:44.4	So if you've been listening to this podcast and if you, whether you're single or whether you're
0:48.7	in a relationship, have wanted to set up your CSP, but for whatever reason you haven't gotten around to it
0:54.0	this is the perfect chance to do it. You can access this live call as a member of my
0:59.2	money coaching program to join go to iWT.com slash money coaching that's IWT
1:06.6	dot com slash money coaching to join me in this live call on how to create your
1:11.2	conscious spending plan this October 17th.
1:14.0	If you're in the New York tri-state area, please listen up.
1:17.0	I'm looking to coach more couples live in person on this podcast.
1:21.0	If you and your partner want to be personally coached about a money
1:24.5	disagreement that you have, I'd love to work with you. Whether you can't get on the
1:28.1	same page with your spending, one of you has tons of debt, maybe you're about to have
1:32.1	a huge life change like a baby, a
1:34.1	promotion, a career change, and you are stuck on how to handle the financial side of it.
1:38.8	And you live in the New York tri-state area?
1:41.8	I want to hear from you.
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