My Irrational Fear of Spending Money Is Ruining Our Marriage

The Dr. John Delony Show

Ramsey Network

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

4.8 • 7.4K Ratings

🗓️ 20 April 2026

⏱️ 56 minutes

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0:00.0	We're in the best position we've ever been in financially.
0:08.0	It's all stemming from childhood maybe and just this irrational fear of things, but I can't
0:14.0	stop thinking about going broke or losing a job, you know, all these different things.
0:20.0	I want to press on your words, irrational fear.
0:29.8	What up, what up, what up?
0:31.3	This is John with the Dr. John Deloney show.
0:34.1	Coming to you from Nashville, Tennessee, taking your calls on your life. Real people with real
0:38.7	challenges. If you want to be on this show, click the link in the show notes, and Kelly will get
0:43.5	you on. Let's go out to Cleveland, Ohio, and talk to Balake. Hey, Blake, what's up, man?
0:50.4	Hey, Dr. John. How are you? I'm good, brother. How are you? Pretty good, thanks.
0:54.7	What's up?
0:55.4	Appreciate you taking my call.
0:56.9	I'm really looking for some insight and guidance about how I can overcome this crippling fear of spending money.
1:04.4	It seems to really be taking a toll on my marriage a little bit.
1:08.1	Yeah, man.
1:08.7	Tell me about it.
1:35.1	So my wife and I've been married just over a year, about a year and a half. And, uh, how old are you? We're both, we're both 34. Okay. And we're in the best position we've ever been in financially. I mean, we've been together, you know, for, for quite a long time. So, and it's just, it's one of those things where I just feel like it's all stemming from childhood maybe and just this irrational fear of things. But we're saving so much money.
1:37.7	We have a lot of savings.
1:39.5	We're in a healthy position financially.
1:41.1	Yet I can't stop thinking about going broke or losing a job you know
1:46.6	all these different things dude been there homie um I want I want to press on your words
1:53.9	irrational fear tell me how money was growing up constant a constant argument on the. I mean, I'm the youngest of five boys,
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