We Grew Up Poor—Now We’re Getting $2.6 Million. What Do We Do?

Ramsey Everyday Millionaires

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🗓️ 17 April 2026

⏱️ 9 minutes

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0:00.0	This episode is brought to you by SmartVestor.
0:07.8	Connect with an investing pro near you at Ramsey Solutions.com slash SmartVester.
0:13.8	Meredith is in Greenville, South Carolina.
0:16.0	Hi, Meredith.
0:16.5	How are you?
0:17.4	Hi, Mr. Ramhee.
0:18.4	How are you?
0:19.3	Better than I deserve.
0:20.3	What's up?
0:24.0	Yeah, so my husband and I have two young kids under the age of four. We currently run a small dup for about $7.85 a month, and we have about
0:30.7	$7,000, I mean, sorry, $4,000 in savings. And the only debt we have is a credit card, but we pay
0:36.3	that off every month, like completely off.
0:39.1	We're about to receive a $2.6 million lawsuit for a medical malpractice.
0:46.0	And we didn't grow up with money.
0:48.2	So honestly, we're kind of scared, and we just want to make sure we're doing the right thing for our family.
0:54.1	So my question, to you would be we're doing the right thing for our family.
1:00.5	So my question to you would be what would be the wisest thing for us to do and like how should you handle this?
1:01.9	It's a fabulous question.
1:04.5	I really, really like your spirit and your attitude.
1:08.2	Thank you so much.
1:10.3	You are very wise to be scared.
1:14.7	Okay.
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