Financial infidelity
This Is Uncomfortable
Marketplace
4.6 • 3.6K Ratings
🗓️ 22 October 2020
⏱️ 20 minutes
🧾️ Download transcript
Summary
You find out your partner has hidden thousands of dollars of debt. Now what?
Jordan Rosenfeld is a writer. Follow her on Twitter @Jordanrosenfeld.
Transcript
Click on a timestamp to play from that location
| 0:00.0 | So the other week we asked you all to leave a voicemail, sharing a financial decision |
| 0:05.3 | you've hidden from a significant other. |
| 0:08.0 | And y'all came through. |
| 0:09.0 | I've been married almost 20 years and I've kept one pretty big financial secret from my |
| 0:15.0 | husband. |
| 0:16.0 | For 20 years, this one listener says she's been hiding a college fund that her parents |
| 0:20.9 | set up for their children. |
| 0:22.7 | She's kept it from her husband because his parents asked for money all the time. |
| 0:27.4 | My husband feels guilty, really guilty, saying no. |
| 0:31.2 | If you ever ask how much money we have saved, I'll tell him. |
| 0:36.2 | But till then, she says it's just easier to keep it a secret. |
| 0:39.8 | Because it's not our money. |
| 0:40.8 | It's a gift from my parents to their grandkids. |
| 0:44.2 | We'll see how it goes next year when our oldest starts college. |
| 0:48.1 | But that's the secret I've had to keep for a while. |
| 0:51.2 | And it's not just her. |
| 0:52.6 | Turns out many of you are hiding some financial information. |
| 0:56.2 | Some smaller expenses. |
| 0:58.2 | I once got a parking ticket and I didn't really want to build a partner. |
| 1:04.6 | You know, I'm really not happy about it. |
| 1:06.8 | So I just asked my friends to pay me her cards and pay her money. |
| 1:12.7 | To some bigger things. |
... |
Please login to see the full transcript.
Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Marketplace, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.
Generated transcripts are the property of Marketplace and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.
Copyright © Tapesearch 2026.

