Short excerpt from a YouTube video (Ramit Sethi, uploaded April 8, 2025) in which Ramit interviews Robin and another speaker about money and relationship dynamics. The excerpt centers on financial secrecy (the guest admits to lying/hidden money), power imbalances in money conversations (one partner 'shrinks back'), and a brief exchange about prenups and their emotional impact.
It sounds like we're at a funeral, like the Crypt Keeper is about to roll open the going on here.
I tend to be a little bit more selfish as it relates to money.
I feel like I have to justify what I do with my money constantly.
Have you ever lied to Robin about money or hidden anything from him? Financially speaking?
Yes.
Doesn't seem like a healthy relationship dynamic or a healthy relationship with money.
I don't know how to speak up for myself. I think I just kind of, like, shrink back and so I give the power to him.
Has there been a discussion about a prenup?
It's something that is certainly on my mind. I'd be devastated about it. A, that I'm getting divorced and B, that my money's going away.
