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🗓️ 27 March 2026

⏱️ 125 minutes

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0:00.0	Brought to you by the Every Dollar app. Start budgeting for free today.
0:13.8	Normal is broken. Common sense is weird. So we're here to help you transform your life from the Ramsey Network in the Fair Winds Credit Union Studio.
0:23.5	This is The Ramsey Show.
0:25.8	And I am Rachel Cruz hosting this hour
0:28.3	with Dr. John Deloney and it's open lines.
0:32.0	So give us a call at AAA 8255-225.
0:34.9	We're talking about your life and your money.
0:41.3	First up is Sue in Houston, Texas.
0:42.4	Hi, Sue.
0:43.1	Welcome to the show.
0:44.2	Hello.
0:45.0	Hi.
0:45.8	How can we help today?
0:51.9	I was trying to determine if my husband is being financially abusive.
0:53.5	Okay.
0:54.9	So what's going on?
1:01.2	He has two separate bank accounts on top of a joint bank account that we have.
1:04.4	Only a portion of his check goes into the joint bank account.
1:07.0	All of my money goes into the joint bank account.
1:15.6	He is constantly upset making accusations that I'm spending thousands more than we should be spending. But he doesn't really know what our bills are because I'm the one who logs in and pays the
1:23.2	bills. And so he just tells me that I'm hiding things from him and he thinks I have the separate bank accounts when I do not.
1:32.9	And I just don't.
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