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My wife and I are starting over back in Baby Step 2, and she feels our budget is too restrictive

without any room for fun money. And so my question is, what amount of our income should we budget

for while in Baby Step 2, and how do I get her fully

on board without making her feel quote unquote controlled?

Why are you starting over?

Yeah, so in 2023 we took FPU through our church and we had a really great success with

it, got off all of our debt besides one vehicle,

and at the time our house, we hadn't moved in yet, but we had a house also that was in the future.

Okay.

And anyways, yeah, so unfortunately what happened was my wife started to kind of feel very controlled

and because she was not able to say yes to things like, my wife started to kind of feel very controlled.

And because she was not able to say yes to things like giving gifts for baby showers and not able to go out to eat for, you know, dinner with friends and stuff.

And so she found herself always kind of calling me and being like, well, can we do this

thing for $50?

And I was like, it's not in the budget. And so then she started to kind of, me and being like, well, can we do this thing for $50? And I was like, it's not in the budget.

And so then she started to kind of, you know, get mad at me as her, you know,

spouse.

So it sounds like you did a budget and told her what to do.

Yeah.

What's different this time?

Yeah.

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