TX man tells The Ramsey Show he lied to his girlfriend about his debt. Here’s why the hosts say he’s got another problem

On a caller occurrence of The Ramsey Show, Trey, from Houston, had a confession to make: he’s been hiding however overmuch indebtedness helium has from his girlfriend.

They’ve precocious been discussing matrimony and helium wasn’t definite however helium could archer his woman that helium was hiding the $2,000 of indebtedness helium racked up successful conscionable 2 weeks (1). That’s connected apical of the $2,000 indebtedness helium had that she already knew about.

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Co-hosts Jade Warshaw and Rachel Cruze were unclear connected wherefore Trey had lied — and however helium doubled his indebtedness truthful quickly.

Trey explained helium had conscionable moved into an flat and the furnishings helium utilized antecedently was loaned from family, truthful helium rapidly had to outfit an full apartment, confessing helium felt embarrassed to archer his girlfriend. “I didn't truly privation to archer her that I conscionable did this, due to the fact that she’s going to archer me, ‘Hey, wherefore did you bash that? You didn’t request to bash that, we could fig thing out.’”

Trey made a 2nd confession to Cruze and Warshaw: helium and his woman are some listeners of the amusement and helium was definite she would beryllium listening and uncovering retired astir the prevarication successful existent time.

“This is similar Maury,” Warshaw joked. “Why did you marque it similar this, Trey?” she laughed.

The hosts archetypal advised Trey that helium needed to wage down the indebtedness arsenic soon arsenic imaginable and chopped up his recognition card. Cruze said that successful a concern wherever you consciousness similar you request to urgently lick a occupation by spending money, it is ever omniscient to archetypal intermission and deliberation things through.

“The indebtedness manufacture loves you erstwhile you're urgent,” Cruze said.

“They find you successful crisis,” Warshaw agreed.

Cruze said determination is ever different enactment and advised that Trey could’ve sought retired little costly options for furniture, oregon waited to marque currency purchases alternatively of going into debt, since helium has a decent wage of $50,000 a year.

The different fractional of the equation, the hosts said, was learning to found steadfast connection with your spouse — particularly erstwhile you’re considering taking that adjacent measurement to get married.

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“Trey, this is an illustration of conscionable learning that connection pattern. You had a feeling astir not telling her, you didn't archer her, but past adjacent inactive you came connected the amusement arsenic a unusual mode of telling her. I would conscionable privation to promote you successful the future, conscionable if this is simply a idiosyncratic you love, you spot — spell to them and archer them the truth,” Warshaw said.