Jade Warshaw

I can understand why it is that way.

So unless you guys are going to fully commit,

And when I say fully, John, this is your space.

But unless you're going to do that, you're getting the spoils of what you guys have put in place.

And just to add to that, what you're requesting is a simple piece of paperwork to be added to the deed.

It's easy.

Okay.

I understand.

So again, I'm not trying to overstep, but that is saying something.

All right, today's question comes from Brianna in Nevada.

She says, when I try to explain to my husband what a waste it is to eat out, he gets offended.

I tell him we can eat out for $100 and never see that money again, or I can buy groceries for $100 and that lasts for a week.

His response is always, but eating out still fed you, so you survived?

What?

Okay.

He's trading the convenience of eating out for our long-term goals of paying off debt and saving for a down payment.

How can I convince him that eating out is keeping us from reaching our financial goals?

Okay, so I think what's actually at play is just two sets of values here.

He's willing to go to a certain extent to pay off debt, and you're willing to go beyond the extent that he's willing to go, if that makes sense.

Oh boy, oh boy.