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My wife was not down with my aggressive savings plan when we first got together.
She was making good money (85k) and she wanted a bmw or whatever like all her coworkers.
She didn’t like the idea of a 401k because she “works hard for her money and wants to enjoy it now”
She was making good money (85k) and she wanted a bmw or whatever like all her coworkers.
She didn’t like the idea of a 401k because she “works hard for her money and wants to enjoy it now”
She wasn’t raised in a financially literate family like I was. Very few are.
So I knew it would be hard work to get her on board.
I wish I could say I had a magical thing I said or did that made her see the light, but I didn’t.
I just beat her down every day about spending.
So I knew it would be hard work to get her on board.
I wish I could say I had a magical thing I said or did that made her see the light, but I didn’t.
I just beat her down every day about spending.
If she got the guac at chipotle I’d be like “wtf do you think you’re doing? Are you trying to bankrupt us bitch? LOL”
I would go to the mattresses over ever purchase and I would check every item and every line.
Probably sound like a controlling dick huh?
Yep.
I would go to the mattresses over ever purchase and I would check every item and every line.
Probably sound like a controlling dick huh?
Yep.
Compassion is not giving in to the whims of your wife, but doing what is best for her in the long term.
5 years later she doesn’t work. Drives what she wants, and has 500k in her accounts.
She’s living her dream as a stay at home mom, while her coworkers are still working.
5 years later she doesn’t work. Drives what she wants, and has 500k in her accounts.
She’s living her dream as a stay at home mom, while her coworkers are still working.
She thanks me everyday for what we have now, because she knows I built this for us out of sheer force of will.
Even with resistance and static from her.
She had to see it happen in order to believe it.
I’m sharing this because I know a lot of you are in the same boat.
Even with resistance and static from her.
She had to see it happen in order to believe it.
I’m sharing this because I know a lot of you are in the same boat.
Man up.
If you know what’s right then lead the charge.
Don’t take no for an answer.
She will thank you later.
They always do.
If you know what’s right then lead the charge.
Don’t take no for an answer.
She will thank you later.
They always do.
