My Husband Wants Alcohol In The Budget, I Do Not

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🗓️ 1 June 2025

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0:00.0	Brought to you by CHM, a biblically based alternative to health insurance.
0:06.3	Learn more at CH Ministries.org slash budget.
0:09.2	My husband wants to have alcohol in the budget, and I don't.
0:13.7	I'm just wondering if you can tell me where that would fit in when we're in baby step two.
0:17.7	It's not a money argument.
0:18.9	You just don't want alcohol in the house.
0:22.5	No, I don't mind him drinking. I just personally never have and don't want to start, but I see it as a good way to cut
0:28.0	in the budget to make extra payments onto debt. So it seems like an... Oh, because you're on baby step
0:32.5	two. Okay. So what is the alcohol budget he is proposing?
0:44.6	He hasn't proposed a budget, but from tracking our expenses, it seems to be about $35 to $40 a week.
0:48.5	So to me, that's $160 a month that can go somewhere.
0:50.3	What's your household income?
0:55.9	It ranges between about $225 and $250 every year.
0:59.7	I'm going to say it again.
1:02.7	I don't think this is about $355 a week.
1:04.4	You make $250,000.
1:06.8	How much debt you guys have to us? I think this is about you don't want alcohol in the house.
1:08.8	I don't believe you.
1:10.4	I really don't have an issue with alcohol.
1:12.9	Our debt is pretty high.
1:14.2	We have a truck loan, a car loan, a schedule loan.
1:17.5	And then there's also, I guess it's called the home equity loan.
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