78. “I pretend things are fine, but we’re 2 months from going bankrupt”

Money For Couples

Ramit Sethi

Relationships, Society & Culture, Investing, Business

4.6 • 3.1K Ratings

🗓️ 17 January 2023

⏱️ 83 minutes

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Alex and Courtney are in their 30s. They live in Southern California and come from completely different money backgrounds. Their numbers reveal a stark truth; fixed costs are sinking their finances. They're only months from going bankrupt. Can Courtney come to terms with their reality? Links mentioned in this episode Join the Earnable program Download the Conscious Spending Plan Connect with Ramit Get Money Coaching with Ramit Get my New York Times best-selling book Get my no-numbers journal 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	Courtney, you applied to talk to me.
0:05.5	Uh-huh.
0:06.5	Why?
0:07.5	Because I want to, I want to get past my own bullshit.
0:11.7	When you talk about money, what is your tendency?
0:14.1	To try to make it sound better than it is, for sure.
0:17.1	I don't want him to know that it's this much.
0:19.2	We're just going to go ahead and say it maybe about this much.
0:21.3	So you get, I guess it's like a form of self-suiting maybe.
0:24.6	Are you bad with money?
0:26.1	I don't think so.
0:27.1	No, I've never had a problem paying for anything.
0:29.1	I've heard it till lately.
0:31.0	But even then, actually, I shouldn't even say that because we're still, we're not in
0:33.7	debt.
0:34.7	It's not like we're racking up credit card debt.
0:35.7	We're still paying for everything.
0:36.7	So, well, you have $100,000 plus of debt.
0:40.2	That's not really true.
0:41.2	There is that.
0:42.2	That's true.
0:47.2	I've never quite met a couple like Courtney and Alex.
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