4.6 • 682 Ratings
🗓️ 11 June 2024
⏱️ 8 minutes
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0:00.0 | Brought to you by the Every Dollar app. Start budgeting for free today. |
0:06.7 | Yeah, my wife and I have been married for about three years now, and we decided when we got |
0:14.6 | pregnant with our first kid that she'd be a stay-at-home mom. I was able to financially support |
0:20.6 | that all as well. |
0:22.8 | And then a year into our marriage, when she stopped working, |
0:27.5 | found out she had about $60,000 in student debt that she was paying on. |
0:35.7 | That's awkward, huh? |
0:37.7 | Yeah, yeah. So with that being said, um, that's awkward, huh? Yeah, yeah. |
0:38.4 | So with that being said, um, it's a private loan and we're three years into our marriage, |
0:47.6 | second kids here, um, just bought a house because it was cheaper to do so than renting with where we're at. |
0:57.3 | And now I'm kind of feeling the push and pull of having her get a job because what was a |
1:05.5 | 2% interest rate is now a 10% interest rate because it's a variable loan. |
1:10.2 | And she co-signed on that loan with her mom. |
1:12.9 | So feeling a bit of obligation to keep these payments up and active, even though it's pulling quite a bit from our monthly income. |
1:21.0 | Hey, bro, you're playing at the periphery here. This isn't the main issue. The main issue is the woman you dedicated your life to and said, |
1:30.2 | I do to, lied to you and had a huge debt and you were making decisions and y'all were moving |
1:40.4 | full steam ahead with one version of your life not knowing there was another version. |
1:45.9 | Have you dealt with that? |
1:47.8 | We call it financial infidelity around here and we use that level of, that depth of language |
1:54.9 | because it's that serious. |
1:57.5 | Yeah. |
2:00.7 | So have you dealt with it? Yeah, have y'all dug into that? Yeah. So have you dealt with it? |
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