Natalie and Travis are in their 40s, living in SoCal with their four kids. Travis is a career military man, imprinting him with some pretty understandable tendencies toward conservatism with money. He’s saved and invested heavily for decades, but it’s left him without the muscle memory to enjoy what he’s built.
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140. “He put our $1M into one risky investment. Will we lose it all?” (Part 2)
139. “I’m afraid he’ll leave if I don’t stop stressing about the budget” (Part 1)
138. “My wife doesn’t want me to take a $720k job offer”
137. “MLMs, crypto, real estate—I can’t stop falling for get-rich-quick schemes” (Part 2)
136. “We have $500k in debt. Can I retire early?” (Part 1)
135. "It could cost us $50k to have a baby. Can we afford it?"
134. “I make $24K a year but my truck costs $1,600+ a month” (Part 2)
133. "She has $7k in cc debt—just 3 months after I paid it off for her" (Part 1)
132. “We’re $520k in debt—and he hid it from me”
131. “We’re worth $5.5M but I feel like it doesn’t belong to me”
130. “I don’t trust him with spending. Do we have a future?”
129. “We spend 154% of what we make, but I refuse to get a salary job” (Part 2)
128. “We have $285k in debt. Can we achieve financial freedom in 5 years?” (Part 1)
127. “Our financial advisor almost cost us $800k. How do we fire them?”
126. “We have $30k of CC debt. Why did we buy a $10k timeshare?” (Part 2)
125. “He’s so afraid of money he can’t log into his own bank account” (Part 1)
124. “We make $113,500. Why do we feel poor?”
123. Ramit’s travel tips, real estate FOMO, and talking to kids about money
122. “I shouldn’t have to ask for $20 to get McDonalds for the kids”
121. “He wasn’t supposed to have student loans. Now he has $157k.”
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