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The Dr. John Delony Show

My Wife’s Stand-Up Dream Is Hurting Our Bank Account

The Dr. John Delony Show

Ramsey Network

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

4.87.4K Ratings

🗓️ 19 December 2025

⏱️ 53 minutes

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0:00.0

How can I tell my wife I'm struggling with financial pressures without discouraging her dream career?

0:12.0

She's an entertainer and in the last year long she's had some pretty great success.

0:17.0

Let me break in here. Just because of the nature of this show, what does entertainer mean?

0:27.4

Good morning, good afternoon.

0:31.6

Good night.

0:32.4

This is John with the Dr. John Deloney Show coming to you from Nashville, Tennessee.

0:37.0

So grateful you've joined us,

0:38.5

talking about your marriages, your dating life, your mental and emotional health, what's going on

0:42.9

with men and with women in this country, all the chaos and division and all the nonsense.

0:50.2

And yet we also have to go home and look ourselves in the mirror. And that's where many of us

0:54.0

struggle. And so that's where many of us struggle.

0:54.6

And so that's what this show is about, pulling up a seat and figuring out what's the next right move in your life.

1:00.7

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1:12.7

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1:21.2

Let's go down the street here in Nashville, Tennessee. One of my neighbors. I don't know if you're

1:26.8

really my neighbor. I've never

1:28.3

talked to you before, but it's kind of awesome. Let's talk to Dave. What's up, Dave?

1:32.4

Hey, Dr. John. How are you doing today? What's up, brother? How are you, man? I'm doing all right.

1:37.3

It's getting colder, but it's good. Slowly but surely, the fall season is here.

1:43.8

Absolutely.

1:45.0

Well, what's up, man?

1:46.7

I guess my question, if I'm being just really up front, is how can I tell my wife I'm struggling with financial pressures without discouraging her dream career?

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