"My Husband Destroyed Our Finances, Should I Leave Him?"

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🗓️ 11 December 2025

⏱️ 127 minutes

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0:00.0	Brought to you by the Every Dollar app.
0:06.1	Start budgeting for free today.
0:12.5	Normal is broke and common sense is weird, so we're here to help you transform your life.
0:18.8	From the Ramsey Network in the Fair Winds Credit Union Studio, this is The Ramsey Show.
0:24.3	I'm Dave Ramsey, Rachel Cruz, Ramsey personality, number one bestselling author,
0:28.4	and my daughter is my co-host today.
0:31.6	Thank you for joining us.
0:32.9	Alyssa is in Indianapolis.
0:35.1	Merry Christmas, Alyssa.
0:37.1	Merry Christmas.
0:38.6	What's up?
0:40.3	I have a question. My husband has basically ruined us financially, and I'm at a breaking
0:47.7	point to where I need to know if we need to file bankruptcy, if I should take over the bills,
0:57.2	if I do, how to start because I never have done them, or if I should just walk away because I'm just overwhelmed and I can't take all the phone
1:02.4	calls and all the stuff that's going on.
1:04.7	Like I'm to the point where either I'm going to leave him or file bankruptcy or I need help.
1:09.3	I don't know.
1:11.4	Wow.
1:17.8	So do you know what is going on, like how much debt you have?
1:26.8	I would say probably close to 30 to 50,000 in debt.
1:29.8	I'm not certain exactly how much.
1:32.3	Like I said, he has always done the bills.
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