48. “My husband needs a better job, but he hates the idea of earning more”

Money For Couples

Ramit Sethi

Relationships, Society & Culture, Investing, Business

4.6 • 3.1K Ratings

🗓️ 21 June 2022

⏱️ 73 minutes

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Summary

Kara and Sean make $150k annually, with $100k of that coming from Kara’s salary in healthcare. They have a baby daughter, and Kara would like to take a step back in her career in order to spend more time with her. The problem is, Sean’s happily (and hopelessly) stuck in a dead-end job. What do you do when one partner is passive when it comes to money? It’s so easy to make things personal, to escalate and unravel, but I steer this conversation to the numbers—where it’s illustrated, plain as day, what Sean needs to do. But will he see it? And if he does, will he actually make any changes? Let’s see if I can get Sean to start dreaming bigger. 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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0:36.1	Now let's get back to the episode.
0:39.8	Just kind of gave up and stopped believing in himself.
0:43.0	I have to be the one to always dream and keep that going.
0:47.4	I am on board with trying to make care of happy as much as I possibly can and admittedly
0:54.9	there, sometimes where I can probably take turns being leaders on certain decisions.
0:59.2	But a lot of people I ran into use money as a weapon and I didn't love that.
1:04.2	I'm a nurse and I work full time.
1:07.9	I feel like I'm at the point where I am making the most money and then it's just a really
1:13.2	difficult profession.
1:14.6	So I don't burn out.
1:15.6	I want to cut back an hour and usually people's partners will continue to rise and then
1:23.3	they have like a plan and so I guess it would be nice if I could drop a little bit and
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