How to Talk to a Husband About Financial Concerns

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🗓️ 8 April 2026

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Discussing money with your spouse can feel stressful, but open communication is key as explained to Carolyn in this call. Got a dilemma? Call 1-800-DR-LAURA / 1-800-375-2872 or make an appointment at DrLaura.com - Listen to The Dr. Laura Program daily on SiriusXM Triumph 123.

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0:26.7	Carolyn, welcome to the program.
0:29.5	Thank you so much for having me.
0:31.3	I'm me, my mom, and my sister are just obsessed with you, honestly.
0:36.2	Oh, thank you.
0:38.3	Yeah, so I'll give you, yeah. Oh, thank you. Yeah.
0:38.7	So I'll give you, yeah, I'll give you a brief synopsis.
0:41.8	So I have always have had a little bit of an issue with spending my money even before I was
0:50.1	married.
0:50.6	And so my husband's very much a safer.
0:53.3	I'm sorry.
0:54.1	What is an issue of spending money?
0:57.0	What does that mean? Um, I, I wouldn't necessarily drain my bank account, but like when I had
1:05.5	jobs, like if I had $300 in account, I'd drain it down to like 50 bucks. And it's just like buying like stuff that I like and honestly little trinkets here and there.
1:18.0	But like I've gotten a lot better on it, but that's kind of what it used to be.
1:25.3	If that makes sense.
1:26.2	Okay.
1:27.3	Yeah. Okay. Okay. So, yeah. what it used to be if that makes sense okay yeah okay so
1:29.3	okay so I'm old boy and I'm wanting to purchase things like formula or a new car seat
1:39.8	because he's gotten a lot bigger faster than I thought he would and I have to have to ask my husband, like, hey, can I buy a car seat?
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