How to Discuss Debt with Your Partner

The Minimalists

Joshua Fields Millburn

Home & Garden, Society & Culture, Philosophy, Leisure

4.7 • 11.5K Ratings

🗓️ 16 August 2019

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Joshua and Ryan discuss how to address debt in a relationship with filmmaker Travis Shakespeare. Listen to “Maximal” episodes of The Minimalists Private Podcast exclusively at patreon.com/theminimalists

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0:00.0	that I'm minimalist.
0:03.4	Becky says, how do I talk to my significant other
0:06.0	about my debt and the steps I'm taking to get out of it?
0:09.7	Now, Travis, I imagine that quite a bit,
0:12.4	you'll see folks who are one person and a couple
0:14.6	who's really interested.
0:15.6	It's the biggest reason for divorce, man.
0:17.4	Yeah, that's the fact.
0:18.3	You mentioned that in the documentary too.
0:19.4	Yeah.
0:20.3	Like, money is the number one reason for divorce.
0:21.5	It's a big problem.
0:22.6	We had a screening in London a couple of weeks ago.
0:25.6	And a young man came up to me almost in tears
0:28.9	after watching the film because it triggered for him
0:32.5	what was going on in his own relationship.
0:35.2	And that disconnect between husband and wife
0:37.8	or partner and partner can be very, very difficult
0:42.3	to navigate.
0:45.7	You got to take a case by case.
0:48.7	One of the things that's been amazing about doing this film
0:51.4	is that it's stripping away the taboo around money.
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