20. “My wife is going to divorce me unless I can stop being so cheap”

Money For Couples with Ramit Sethi

Ramit Sethi

Business, Relationships, Society & Culture, Investing

4.6 • 124 Ratings

🗓️ 30 November 2021

⏱️ 47 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

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Summary

Charles and his wife, Michelle, are worth $10 million, and he earns over $2 million a year--but he’s cheap. So cheap, he still insists on sharing someone else’s Netflix password. Michelle has been pushed to the limit. Divorce is on the cards unless things change. She wants to start with landscaping the backyard, but I want to investigate the roots of this invisible script that’s costing him his marriage. There’s 21 years’ worth of scar tissue to heal here. Let’s dig in. Connect with Ramit Website Instagram Twitter Facebook YouTube Linkedin 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	You're netting 80,000 a month and you're questioning my audible $12 subscription every
0:11.3	day.
0:12.3	There's a problem here, you know, we file our taxes jointly and I had to sign for taxes
0:19.7	recently couldn't believe my eyes.
0:22.4	I didn't even know how much we made.
0:24.2	I had to sign $175,000 per month.
0:28.4	My yard is in shambles.
0:30.8	There's no reason for this.
0:32.3	When we fly, we fly as basic economy as we can.
0:36.2	When we say in hotels, it's the cheapest.
0:38.3	I am cheap.
0:39.3	I am frugal.
0:40.3	I am cheap.
0:41.3	There's no mistake about that.
0:42.3	And the real clincher here is that because he earns the money and physically has more
0:47.2	access to the money, he directs it.
0:49.9	He manages it.
0:50.9	I do believe that he wants to change.
0:52.8	I do believe that he realizes the damage that has been done.
0:57.3	I'm not optimistic that he can actually do it.
1:05.0	Hi, I'm Remi Sayte and welcome to the I will teach you be rich podcast.
1:08.5	I recently got a message and I have to read it to you.
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