Ramit Sethi explains why men comfort anxious partners with vague reassurances about money without actually understanding the couple's finances. The fix: admit you don't know and ask to be shown the numbers so you can learn and become a real financial partner.
One big mistake.
Men make in relationships.
Is being ignorant. Reassures.
Men love to.
Reassure their female partners. Oh, babe, everything's gonna be okay.
You don't need to worry about it. But they are.
Ignorant, often about money.
Meaning the.
Ignorant reassurers I talk to, they actually are not really good with money. It's their wives.
Or girlfriends who are the ones managing the day to day. And they'll complain or worry to their partner, I don't know if we're gonna have enough. And their partner, their male partner will come along saying, babe, it's going to be fine. How do you know it's going to be fine? You're not even involved in the money. You are an ignorant.
Reassurer.
You're simply trying to reassure your partner, babe, it's okay. You don't need to worry about it. But you don't actually know about the finances.
So this is one of the biggest mistakes men make.
It would be much better if they simply said, you know what? I actually don't know about our finances.
I would love it if you could.
Show me what you're working on, because.
I realize I.
Need to learn.
That is how you go from being.
An ignorant.
Reassurer.
To a true financial partner.
