I buy what I want. And I never look at the prices. That's really making my hands

clammy at the thought of being at the store and like adding the numbers. If it was in my wallet

and it had to be a fun because I wasn't used to having it.

I'm Rebeat Saty and this is the I will teach you to be rich podcast. Today I'll be talking to

Anya and Alex combined they make a hundred and twenty five thousand dollars but they can't

seem to save any money. How do you handle your money if one partner overspends?

Well when I ask why Anya says she has no idea she tells me that whenever she has money

she feels like she has to spend. Now in reality she's using something I call the innocent

dough technique which I'll explain in the episode. Since Anya says she's not good with money

Alex is the one who handles their finances. The reason they came to me is that Anya has

maternity leave coming up and she needs to start saving money now so they can cover their

costs when the time comes. In the episode heads up that I'm going to go deep with Anya to understand

her relationship with money so you're not going to hear as much from Alex and what I discover

about Anya makes a lot more sense once you hear it. My maternity leave that is coming up in

six months I own my own business and if I'm not working I'm not getting paid so we're fine

financially. Alex has started his own business about a year and a half ago and his income goes

up and down and he's like I said he's always been he keeps our finances good and I he's like

a rock financially he saves and I spend. So now the roles have switched and I need

to save for us and especially for the maternity leave that's like my biggest thing right now I'm

I would love to not work for four months we have we have employees we have a nanny and Alex has

an assistant and for me not working for months there's a lot of money not coming in and so I don't

have that money saved up I'm trying to come up with the money I'm trying to learn I think the

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