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question comes from meredith in virginia meredith writes my husband and i started following your

baby steps this year now that we are budgeting it's clear that a lot of our money is going towards my

husband's alcohol purchases he enjoys collecting bourbon and spends

$75 a week on his hobby. Okay, you're not following the baby steps. We really need that money to get

out of debt. I'm embarrassed and frustrated that he is spending our hard-earned money on this

unnecessarily. He's defensive and says heearned money on this unnecessarily.

He's defensive and says he doesn't spend money on anything else, so I shouldn't complain.

I don't know how to get through to him.

Whew.

Okay.

Well, when you are working your get-out-a-de debt plan, you put your hobbies on hold.

That might include your $75 a week for nails and facials and hair care and eating out and him buying a bottle of bourbon but um i have a bourbon collection

um i can afford it though and i'm not in debt and um do you have a collection or do you have a museum

well um yeah and the um this is not about me john but the uh or do you have a museum? Well, yeah.

And the, this is not about me, John.

But the deal is this.

So I'm not against the idea.

I do read in this language, Meredith, that you have a problem with this that's beyond money.

Absolutely.

The language you're using.

Yes. And it's a very generous we. The language you're using. Yes.

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