Divorce story (rerun), plus a request for your help!
This Is Uncomfortable
Marketplace
4.6 • 3.6K Ratings
🗓️ 8 October 2020
⏱️ 24 minutes
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Summary
Money gets complicated when a marriage falls apart. First, we’ll hear from a divorce lawyer who ends up representing herself. Then from a couple trying to plan for the day they hate each other.
Plus: Have you hidden a purchase, some funds or anything else money related from your partner? We’re working on an episode about that, and whether you were casually dating or married, we want to hear about it! Give us a call at 347-RING-TIU (347-746-4848).
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| 0:00.0 | Hey everyone, it's Sireema. So we are off this week working on some new stuff and we've got |
| 0:04.4 | a rerun for you all. But before we get to that, we'd actually love your help with something. |
| 0:09.7 | So we know that talking about money can be hard, especially with a partner. And we are working |
| 0:14.6 | on an episode about how that discomfort can lead people to hide things from their significant |
| 0:19.4 | other, like credit card debt or an extra bank account and heredences or those shopping bags in |
| 0:25.3 | the trunk of your car. Whether you're casual dating or in a marriage, I am so curious what is |
| 0:31.2 | a financial thing, a purchase or decision you've hidden from a partner? And why did you do that? |
| 0:37.2 | We have a fancy new column line where you can just drop us a message at 347 Ring TIU. That is 347 |
| 0:45.6 | 746 48 48. You can find that number in the show notes too. Or you can also send us a voice memo |
| 0:52.4 | to uncomfortable at Marketplace.org. In an honor of all the drama, I wanted to |
| 0:58.3 | re-arrern episode from this winter about what happens when a relationship doesn't work out. |
| 1:04.3 | All right, I'll catch you all soon. Hey, Ed Sireema, how are you? Hi, Vima. How are you? Happy new year. |
| 1:11.5 | How are you doing? Pretty good, very busy, very busy. No, it's January's divorce season. So |
| 1:17.7 | working non-stop. Wait, so for lawyers, January is really divorce season? Yes, I think this is so far, |
| 1:23.7 | my busiest month of my career too. Whoa, why do you think that is? New year's resolution, |
| 1:30.6 | probably. You lose weight, lose your kind of bum spouse. Wow. They're just finally like, |
| 1:36.9 | screw it. I'm gonna start a new. Yeah. I'm Eddie Mechrez and welcome to This is Uncomfortable. |
| 1:46.1 | A show from Marketplace about life and how money messes with it. So usually when people get married, |
| 1:52.3 | it represents a union, a contract between two people to begin operating as one. Of course, |
| 1:57.6 | that new reality affects a million decisions every day. It changes how you approach things, |
| 2:02.7 | what you do with your money, your career decisions. And this week in our first episode of the new year, |
| 2:08.7 | we've got two stories about what happens if or when that contract falls apart. |
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