My Wife Makes All Our Money, but She's An Alcoholic

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🗓️ 7 May 2026

⏱️ 10 minutes

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0:00.0	Brought to you by CHO, a budget-friendly faith-based alternative to health insurance.
0:07.6	CH Ministries.org slash budget.
0:10.4	Yeah, just looking for some advice.
0:13.2	So for the past 12 months or so, my wife and I, we've kind of had a 24-month plan of moving out of our house here and closer to some family.
0:25.3	And we would be buying a house that's probably about twice as expensive as the one we currently have.
0:35.4	What has just become an issue with this decision is I'm pretty sure in two to three years
0:44.2	after we make the move we will not be able to afford it um I don't think we're going to have
0:51.0	the income for it in that amount of time. Okay.
1:00.2	Is it the area you're moving that's making it more expensive or the type of house that you guys are wanting to move into?
1:03.1	It's a little bit of both.
1:08.1	You know, we're looking for, you know, under normal circumstances, it would be okay, uh, you know, the reason I don't think we're
1:11.5	going to be able to afford it is, you know, the doctors are saying if things continue with her,
1:16.6	you know, she should probably be dead in three years. Oh, my goodness. She's, she's the sole income,
1:21.3	earner. Oh, my gosh, your wife, so she's sick? She's an alcoholic.
1:28.5	Oh, wow.
1:28.8	Oh, wow. Gary.
1:29.5	Oh, I'm so sorry.
1:31.7	Oh, man.
1:32.4	So what's causing the urgency here?
1:34.3	It sounds like we shouldn't be making any big life plans financial decisions.
1:38.2	Well, you're wanting to move close to family because of her?
1:41.4	Yeah.
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