We Make $135K but My Wife Thinks We Can’t Afford Kids

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🗓️ 1 April 2022

⏱️ 8 minutes

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0:00.0	This is the Ramsey Call of the Day, part of the Ramsey Network.
0:10.8	Richard is with us in Tampa.
0:13.1	Hi, Richard.
0:13.6	Welcome to the Ramsey show.
0:16.6	Hi, Dave, how are you?
0:18.1	Better than I deserve.
0:19.4	What's up?
0:21.3	Okay, I have a quick relationship question.
0:25.0	I'm trying to convince my wife that we are ready to have children, but she keeps bringing
0:32.0	excuses. I don't know if they're excuses, but she says she doesn't have a career yet and that I'm not stable at my job because I change jobs roughly every three years.
0:44.8	So my question is, how do I convince her that we are ready to have children from a financial standpoint?
0:52.3	How long have you been married?
0:55.5	We've been married for three and a half years now.
0:59.2	Okay.
0:59.6	Well, George just got his second French bulldog, which is more expensive than children.
1:04.3	And I'll tell you, it is everything you thought it would be.
1:09.9	But Richard, here's the thing.
1:12.1	You said you changed job every three years.
1:13.7	What are you doing for work?
1:16.6	I am an IT audit manager, so I'm in consulting.
1:22.5	Okay.
1:23.0	What do you make?
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