"My Wife's Friends Told Her I'm Financially Controlling"
The Ramsey Show Highlights
Ramsey Network
4.5 • 840 Ratings
🗓️ 9 December 2025
⏱️ 9 minutes
🧾️ Download transcript
Summary
Transcript
Click on a timestamp to play from that location
| 0:00.0 | Brought to you by the Every Dollar app. Start budgeting for free today. |
| 0:06.7 | So I've recently run into, I guess a tough conversation with my wife. She got together with |
| 0:13.0 | some friends and kind of talking about our financial situation. I pretty much run the show. |
| 0:19.8 | I don't rain earn too much or anything, but I've been accused now |
| 0:23.7 | of being kind of financially manipulative or controlling, and I'm hoping for maybe a diagnosis |
| 0:29.5 | from you guys or some advice on how to navigate this. Well, I love that you're bringing this up and saying, I want help. |
| 0:40.7 | I think that alone lets me know that there's a lot of hope here if what's being said is true. |
| 0:46.2 | I will say, based on the first words that you said, like, you know, I kind of run the show. |
| 0:50.4 | That does make me think, okay, one person is carrying way more of this load than they |
| 0:55.0 | should. Now, I will say, it's one thing if you have said, honey, I got this, I'll do it. |
| 1:04.8 | Matter of fact, I don't really need your involvement. And it's been like that. And it's another |
| 1:09.3 | story, if she's kind of been like fine with you doing it, she's been fine with you handling it, it's been like that. And it's another story if she's kind of been like fine with you doing it. |
| 1:12.4 | She's been fine with you handling it. |
| 1:14.5 | She's not shown an interest in it. |
| 1:16.3 | It takes two to tango on that part, right? |
| 1:18.3 | So tell me how it's been and be honest. |
| 1:21.8 | Has it been more of the latter or more of the first scenario? |
| 1:27.2 | You know, we're a very good team. |
| 1:30.8 | Finance in general tends to make her a little bit nervous, |
| 1:33.6 | so this kind of happened out of necessity. |
| 1:36.1 | We both came into our marriage with basically nothing, |
| 1:38.8 | a little bit of debt on both sides, |
... |
Please login to see the full transcript.
Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Ramsey Network, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.
Generated transcripts are the property of Ramsey Network and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.
Copyright © Tapesearch 2026.