71. "We finally talked about money. I can't believe how little he's saved"

Money For Couples

Ramit Sethi

Relationships, Society & Culture, Investing, Business

4.6 • 3.1K Ratings

🗓️ 29 November 2022

⏱️ 75 minutes

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Emily and Alex are in their mid-30s and have been dating for two years. They recently had a discussion about money and Emily was disappointed to learn how little Alex had saved. What would you do if you talked about money with your partner and you were disappointed at what you discovered? Connect with Ramit Get Money Coaching with Ramit Download the Conscious Spending Plan 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	Before we get to today's episode, you know I'm out there buying a bunch of different
0:04.0	tools and little gadgets to try to find out little ways to make my life more convenient.
0:09.6	This Saturday, I want to share three of my favorites.
0:12.2	Here's one of them.
0:13.2	I'm going to tell you what it is on this issue of my podcast newsletter and each of these
0:18.4	three tools is under $25.
0:21.4	So to find out the three tools I use that make my life more convenient, much easier, go
0:25.9	to IWT.com slash podcast newsletter.
0:29.3	You can only get this issue at IWT.com slash podcast newsletter.
0:36.2	I could tell that she was disappointed in what I brought to the table.
0:42.9	She's often said, these are things you should know.
0:45.9	These are things you should have already known and she's right.
0:52.6	I was really disappointed because at our ages, I think that he should have been further
0:59.1	along or should have been more careful about money and saving.
1:03.1	I don't think Emily trusts me with money.
1:06.9	That scares me and he told me, I'm a spender but I'm not a debtor.
1:14.7	And so that scared me too.
1:17.4	And the conversations we've had, they've not been productive at all.
1:23.6	They've actually felt destructive and we're just going nowhere with these same conversations
1:31.3	over and over.
1:32.3	And I said, we need to be productive and what we're talking about, we can't keep going
1:35.9	like this.
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