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The Ramsey Show Highlights

We're Always $500 Short Every Month!

The Ramsey Show Highlights

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Self-improvement, Education, Investing, Business

4.6682 Ratings

🗓️ 9 June 2024

⏱️ 8 minutes

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0:00.0

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0:06.5

So I am 28 years old. My husband and I also have four children, our youngest being almost two.

0:14.3

So about two years ago, I graduated with my bachelor's degree, started at a job that I love.

0:24.7

My husband makes about 55. I bring 50 plus.

0:34.3

We've gotten ourselves into some crazy debt. And I've been following you for about a month now.

0:38.5

I had no idea what to do with my finances. Ask my dad. He gave me your book.

0:44.0

But I'm still, I feel so lost because at the end of the month, we're still short 500.

0:49.9

So I don't know how to piece this back together. One thought was maybe selling our home.

0:57.2

We can probably get about 75 to 100 grand more than it's worth put it towards a new home and pay off our bet but I don't know what solutions we have right now okay so where's your

1:05.4

husband he why are you doing this by yourself?

1:13.9

He's not so great with money.

1:15.4

Neither are you.

1:16.6

I mean, I'm not either.

1:21.5

No, no, I'm not either, but I'm like driven to get this back on track.

1:22.2

Yeah.

1:22.7

Okay.

1:27.8

Well, drive right up into his face and tell him he's going to help.

1:29.4

Right.

1:39.0

We are going to fix this mess that we made because part of what you're struggling with here is you're carrying the emotional burden of the financial stress all by yourself.

1:43.9

And that really causes your brain to get cloudy and you can't see stuff. So you've got to be working on

1:46.2

this together as a team. I'm not expecting either one of you to become financial geniuses in 22

1:51.6

seconds. That's okay. I wasn't either when I went broke. I've done stupid. I've got a PhD and

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