A couple earning six figures faces a $3,000 monthly shortfall that's tanked their relationship and mental health. Their therapist couldn't help. Ramit Sethi walks them through why the money problem is the real issue, not the fighting.
$3,000 over approximately 10 months.
Your therapist is the one who recommended that you speak to me.
I get really.
Stressed out.
When unknown financial burdens come up.
I start freaking out.
I felt like I was living with a stranger. It was such a huge impact on your psyche that we couldn't live life as normal.
All I spend my mental energy thinking about is how I'm going to fix the problem. And that gets me spiraling. What if one of the kids takes a big fall and has to go to the hospital? Or I have to go to the hospital.
You are spending $3,000 more than you make in approximately 10 months. You are out of money.
That's scary. That doesn't sound good.
You two are in a position you have never realized before because you are operating on the valuable lessons that your parents taught you that happen to not match your current financial reality.
