My Irrational Fear of Spending Money Is Ruining Our Marriage
4/20/202657 min
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First 90 secondsSpeaker 00:00
[gentle music] We're in the best position we've ever been in financially. It's all stemming from childhood maybe, and just this, this irrational fear of things, but I c- I can't stop thinking about going broke or- Yeah ... losing, losing a job, you know, all these different things.
John Delony· Host0:20
I wanna press on y- your words, irrational fear. [upbeat music] What up? What up? What up? This is John with the Dr. John DeLone Show, coming to you from Nashville, Tennessee, taking your calls on your life. Real people with real challenges. If you wanna be on this show, click the link in the show notes and Kelly will get you on. Let's go out to Cleveland, Ohio and talk to Blocke. Hey, Blake. What's up, man?
Speaker 00:49
[laughs] Hey, Dr. John. How you doing?
John Delony· Host0:51
I'm good, brother. How are you?
Speaker 00:52
Pretty good, thanks.
John Delony· Host0:54
What's up?
Speaker 00:54
Um, apprec- appreciate you taking my call. I'm, I'm really looking for some insight and guidance about how I can overcome this crippling fear of spending money. Uh, it seems to really be taking a toll on, on my marriage a little bit.
John Delony· Host1:08
Yeah, man. Uh, tell me about it.
Speaker 01:09
So my wife and I have been married just over a year, about a year and a half, and, uh- How old are you? ... you know, we're both, we're both 34.
John Delony· Host1:18
Okay.
Speaker 01:19
And we're in the best position we've ever been in financially. I mean, we've been together, you know, for, for quite a long time, so... And it's just, it's one of those things where I just feel like