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Money For Couples with Ramit Sethi

26. “How do we create our Rich Life when we don’t trust and respect each other?”

Money For Couples with Ramit Sethi

Ramit Sethi

Business, Relationships, Society & Culture, Investing

4.6124 Ratings

🗓️ 18 January 2022

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

My conversation with Mira and Dan was supposed to be about tax returns. He hasn't filed his yet, and it's making Mira feel insecure, anxious, and unsafe. Dan wants her to relax and trust him for once!  I knew something else was amiss here, but I was shocked to see how fast the conversation took a turn.  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

I'm scared. I don't trust you. Dan, do you agree with that?

0:09.3

100% from the very beginning there was a lot of judgment and criticism saying things like

0:18.3

you don't work, you don't do anything like things like that. In the meantime,

0:22.7

throughout our whole relationship, I've been making more money than her.

0:28.0

I was so angry. I was like, this is a white guy who is like 50. He said he wanted a family.

0:36.5

Like, I'm here with him and he still doesn't seem to have a plan to make that family happen.

0:42.1

He's very lucky that I'm with him right now.

0:46.5

I just wish that she would say, like, babe, I love you and I accept you the way you are.

0:54.7

And you don't have to prove anything to me.

0:58.6

How do you create a life together if your partner doesn't trust you?

1:03.4

And what do you do if one partner is anxious about money and the other retreats

1:10.4

whenever the topic is brought up? Dan and Mira have been together for five years.

1:15.8

She's 36, he's 43. And for the last three years, they've been living together,

1:21.5

but they still keep their finances separate. Now I sat down with Dan and Mira to initially

1:27.7

discuss something that seems pretty mundane. Dan had applied for an extension to his taxes this

1:34.2

year and Mira is uncomfortable that he still hasn't done it. But here's the pattern in today's

1:41.8

conversation. It goes a lot deeper than a tax return. She feels anxious about money. He feels

1:48.7

judged. She says she wants clarity. He says, we've already talked about this.

1:55.4

You're going to hear that Mira's history of questioning Dan started way, way back on their first

2:03.6

date. You see, when they met, she couldn't understand how he was able to make a living from

2:09.7

DJing instead of, as she put it, having a real job. Mira and Dan are from different cultural

2:17.1

backgrounds. And as you listen today, I think you're going to be able to spot some of those

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