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The Ramsey Show Highlights

My Husband Is So Controlling I Can't Even Access Money To Leave Him

The Ramsey Show Highlights

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🗓️ 1 August 2025

⏱️ 9 minutes

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So, you know, I've been married just over 20 years now to a man that, you know,

0:12.6

he has a great job.

0:14.7

Naval Reserve is the officer in the Naval Reserve.

0:17.6

You know, I'm a nurse.

0:19.4

We have great incomes, but, you know, we started out this marriage with, you know, it all

0:27.5

kind of evolved because we really started this marriage with no communication about finances.

0:32.6

And, you know, it's the typical, I'm the spender, he's the saver.

0:36.7

But to him, he's very black and white,

0:39.4

very engineer-like, needs nothing in his life. You know, he doesn't need vacations, doesn't

0:45.1

have hobbies, friends, nothing. So, you know, that just puts my spending on steroids, which

0:51.3

I don't even spend that much. I mean, it's just that he doesn't need to

0:57.0

spend it. You're out of control. Right. So he just, he won for that because he's so, yes, he's just

1:02.5

so literal to the point, I mean, and that is the issue, the degree that he is literal is the problem.

1:09.3

And it's created this, you know, he's gotten so

1:12.1

financially abusive. We've never shared accounts. He, you know, he transfers what he wants

1:18.6

by allowance to my account. I can't see the other accounts. Okay, hold on one second. Hold on,

1:24.6

hold on, hold on. He's not on the call. So I can tell you right now, he sucks. That's not a way to be married to somebody, okay?

1:32.2

But he's not on the call. I understand. So let me ask you, what have you done to try to bridge this gap? Well, I mean, the problem is he only cares about the...

1:27.4

No, no, you just brought you.

1:28.2

You went right back to him.

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