Husband Spent $27K on Mobile Games

The Dr. John Delony Show

Ramsey Network

Society & Culture, Health & Fitness, Mental Health, Relationships

4.8 • 5.9K Ratings

🗓️ 5 November 2025

⏱️ 58 minutes

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0:00.0	Big news.
0:02.6	New dates for money and marriage getaway just dropped for Valentine's Day weekend 2026.
0:08.8	Get tickets at ramsysolutions.com slash events to get away with your spouse in Nashville, Tennessee.
0:20.6	I found out that my husband had been hiding $27,000 in debt.
0:27.4	So what's he spending this money on?
0:29.2	Mobile phone game purchases.
0:33.1	Can I tell you this is not passing my smell test?
0:35.6	I know.
0:36.2	Me either.
0:37.0	Are you sure it's not only fans?
0:45.1	What's going on? What's going on? This is John with the Dr. John Deloney show. So glad you're
0:49.9	with us. Pull up a seat. We're talking about your mental and emotional health, your
0:53.7	relationships, whatever you got going on in your life. I'm here to sit. this pull up a seat talking about your mental and emotional health your relationships whatever
0:54.7	you got going on in your life i'm here to sit with you we're going to figure out what's the next
0:59.9	right move let's go out to phoenix arizona and talk to kenna what's up kenna hi doctor john
1:08.5	thank for having me on the show of course course. Thanks for calling. What's up?
1:12.5	Well, I've been with my husband now. We've been married for seven years together for nine years.
1:20.9	We came across Dave Ransey and the Financial Peace University and started this kind of financial awakening journey.
1:29.9	And through that process, I found out that my husband had been hiding about $27,000 in debt.
1:40.8	Not the first time he's had debt that I wasn't aware of, but definitely the largest amount.
1:48.5	And the biggest issue was that I was finding out in small pieces, and he would say that that was it.
1:57.8	There's nothing more. And then I continue to find more and more debts. And so it's more around the lying. That's been the larger issue, I think, for me.
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