Money is essential, but there's so much we aren't taught about it.

In fact, while I was in college, I've racked up $20,000 in credit card debt on top of my student loan.

That was all before I actually learned anything about money.

I'm Janelia Spinal, an online new podcast financially inclined from Marketplace.

I'll teach you simple money lessons so you don't make the same mistakes I did.

Listen to financially inclined wherever you get your podcasts.

Truth be told wherever you get your podcasts.

I'm Eddie Mechrez and welcome to This Is Uncomfortable, a show from Marketplace about life and how money messes with it.

So usually when people get married, it represents a union, a contract between two people to begin operating as one.

Of course, that new reality affects a million decisions every day.

It changes how you approach things, what you do with your money, your career decisions.

And this week in our first episode of the New Year, we've got two stories about what happens if or when that contract falls apart.

When Beatrice Leong was 16, she took an after-school job in Queens,

handing out bobble heads at Metz Games.

And that is where she met a boy.

He was like a punk rocker.

Big eyes, you know, nice smile.

He seemed very genuine, you know, and friendly.

He also worked at the stadium.

The two were pretty different.

Beatrice is a self-proclaimed nerd and very chatty.

And he was a bit of an introvert, but it worked.

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