Dave Ramsey

Now, you don't have to be that mean to them, but that's what needs to go through your head so that you can just smile and say, gosh, I hope it works out for you.

But I'm not daddy.

Daddy's gone.

You know, you could just tell them I sold the business, sold my house, but you don't owe them any explanation or cut.

You know that, right?

So, no, you don't have an obligation, so there's not real deception.

But you're just not wanting to tell them because you think they're going to come for money.

They want some of it.

And so you're just going to have to get emotionally prepared because at some point this is going to come out, whether you make a big deal about it or whether you don't.

If you just go, oh, yeah, by the way, I'm leaving.

We sold the house.

We sold the business.

What?

Yeah, yeah, that's what we're doing.

And so, you know, we'll stay in touch and let you know where we land because we love you.

What kind of business did you sell?

Okay, good for you.

All right, so let's stay with the first part of the conversation for a moment, and then we'll come to the second part.

The first part of the conversation, sir, is you need to pick up Henry Cloud's book.

It's called Boundaries.