Brought to you by the Every Dollar app. Start budgeting for free today. Christopher is with us in Dallas, Texas. Hi, Christopher. Welcome to the Ramsey Show.

Dave, I am a fellow believer. So you are brother Dave to me. It is an honor to be on your show today, man.

Oh, we're honored to have you, sir. How can we help? All right.

I'm 28, married with 202. I work for a church, making 43,000 a year take home. We are nearly done

with baby step three, and we have enough for our bills, but things are tight. I have a friend

of mentor twice my age who is a successful businessman. He knows our financial situation and

offered me a business opportunity that he has proved with successful businessman. He knows our financial situation and offered me a

business opportunity that he has proved with someone else. He suggested trying it independently

or taking a $10,000 investment from him for faster growth, of course, a share in profits.

I hesitated because of our close relationships, seeing it as a personal loan and the thought

of trying to work hard and fast

to make back his investment caused me great anxiety.

When I expressed interest in starting the business without taking his money because of

viewing as a personal loan, he got very upset, claiming that it was a weak excuse for not

wanting to admit that I could make more money on my own.

He acted like I was trying to pull one over on him and that he was going to call my bluff,

but my heart truly did prioritize the relationship over potential business gains.

So the question is, was I wrong to view the investment as debt?

Did I miss out on an opportunity or do the right thing following my gut and not adding anxiety in my life?

Is this just a conflict of different ways to use money?

No, this is a butthole.

I mean, what kind of guy is a mentor?

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