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Lynn

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309 total appearances

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The Ramsey Show
You Have to Know Where You Are Financially to Know Where You're Going

I'm age 58. Okay. He's age 54. We have a total of four adult children, two on each side. Okay. And I think a key thing for me was I was a single mom for 17 years. So my kids were two and three when I was divorced. And I paid maintenance and I paid child support. I carried the health care and I paid for all the incidental for my kids. I found Ramsey Solutions after a layoff. me to death.

The Ramsey Show
You Have to Know Where You Are Financially to Know Where You're Going

So the stress left me, you know, in not a great place. And I, I dug into the Ramsey plan. I bought in, I listened, I did a financial peace university and I started with a net worth of 170,000. Um, my life insurance was more than my net worth. So coming into the marriage, um, I was baby step seven with a net worth of 1.9 million. Hey, way to go Lynn.

The Ramsey Show
You Have to Know Where You Are Financially to Know Where You're Going

So the stress left me, you know, in not a great place. And I, I dug into the Ramsey plan. I bought in, I listened, I did a financial peace university and I started with a net worth of 170,000. Um, my life insurance was more than my net worth. So coming into the marriage, um, I was baby step seven with a net worth of 1.9 million. Hey, way to go Lynn.

The Ramsey Show
You Have to Know Where You Are Financially to Know Where You're Going

So the stress left me, you know, in not a great place. And I, I dug into the Ramsey plan. I bought in, I listened, I did a financial peace university and I started with a net worth of 170,000. Um, my life insurance was more than my net worth. So coming into the marriage, um, I was baby step seven with a net worth of 1.9 million. Hey, way to go Lynn.

The Ramsey Show
You Have to Know Where You Are Financially to Know Where You're Going

It was a lot of small vacations at the local park.

The Ramsey Show
You Have to Know Where You Are Financially to Know Where You're Going

It was a lot of small vacations at the local park.

The Ramsey Show
You Have to Know Where You Are Financially to Know Where You're Going

It was a lot of small vacations at the local park.

The Ramsey Show
You Have to Know Where You Are Financially to Know Where You're Going

Thank you. It was hard work, but it was worth it because now here I am. Right. So baby step seven. And now my husband, he came to the marriage with a net worth of $150,000. Oh, okay. Yeah. And he was one of those guys who never found that he didn't like. He had car loans. He had a boat loan. He had credit cards. He kind of had everything.

The Ramsey Show
You Have to Know Where You Are Financially to Know Where You're Going

Thank you. It was hard work, but it was worth it because now here I am. Right. So baby step seven. And now my husband, he came to the marriage with a net worth of $150,000. Oh, okay. Yeah. And he was one of those guys who never found that he didn't like. He had car loans. He had a boat loan. He had credit cards. He kind of had everything.

The Ramsey Show
You Have to Know Where You Are Financially to Know Where You're Going

Thank you. It was hard work, but it was worth it because now here I am. Right. So baby step seven. And now my husband, he came to the marriage with a net worth of $150,000. Oh, okay. Yeah. And he was one of those guys who never found that he didn't like. He had car loans. He had a boat loan. He had credit cards. He kind of had everything.

The Ramsey Show
You Have to Know Where You Are Financially to Know Where You're Going

And obviously, since we're married, we financially got into the same place. So I introduced him to Ramsey Solutions, gave him Financial Peace University. We went through that. And he's, he's come aboard. So we've eliminated the credit card debt, the car loan, um, got rid of everything. Um, I wanted going into the marriage, I wanted a prenup and this is where the dispute came.

The Ramsey Show
You Have to Know Where You Are Financially to Know Where You're Going

And obviously, since we're married, we financially got into the same place. So I introduced him to Ramsey Solutions, gave him Financial Peace University. We went through that. And he's, he's come aboard. So we've eliminated the credit card debt, the car loan, um, got rid of everything. Um, I wanted going into the marriage, I wanted a prenup and this is where the dispute came.

The Ramsey Show
You Have to Know Where You Are Financially to Know Where You're Going

And obviously, since we're married, we financially got into the same place. So I introduced him to Ramsey Solutions, gave him Financial Peace University. We went through that. And he's, he's come aboard. So we've eliminated the credit card debt, the car loan, um, got rid of everything. Um, I wanted going into the marriage, I wanted a prenup and this is where the dispute came.

The Ramsey Show
You Have to Know Where You Are Financially to Know Where You're Going

And I wanted the, the prenup to state that if we divorced, I wanted to the 625,000 that I was putting into paying off our residents accounted for. Now, that was if we divorced. I also asked for a death clause that states that should I die, he gets the house in the entirety. And there's no splitting it with my estate or anything like that value. There would be his, um, so it's just a divorce.

The Ramsey Show
You Have to Know Where You Are Financially to Know Where You're Going

And I wanted the, the prenup to state that if we divorced, I wanted to the 625,000 that I was putting into paying off our residents accounted for. Now, that was if we divorced. I also asked for a death clause that states that should I die, he gets the house in the entirety. And there's no splitting it with my estate or anything like that value. There would be his, um, so it's just a divorce.

The Ramsey Show
You Have to Know Where You Are Financially to Know Where You're Going

And I wanted the, the prenup to state that if we divorced, I wanted to the 625,000 that I was putting into paying off our residents accounted for. Now, that was if we divorced. I also asked for a death clause that states that should I die, he gets the house in the entirety. And there's no splitting it with my estate or anything like that value. There would be his, um, so it's just a divorce.

The Ramsey Show
You Have to Know Where You Are Financially to Know Where You're Going

If there was a divorce, I wanted that accounted for. And then anything above and beyond that would be split equitably. Um, and it, and it's our intent that our retirement account would remain separate. So the principle of our retirement accounts would remain separate.

The Ramsey Show
You Have to Know Where You Are Financially to Know Where You're Going

If there was a divorce, I wanted that accounted for. And then anything above and beyond that would be split equitably. Um, and it, and it's our intent that our retirement account would remain separate. So the principle of our retirement accounts would remain separate.

The Ramsey Show
You Have to Know Where You Are Financially to Know Where You're Going

If there was a divorce, I wanted that accounted for. And then anything above and beyond that would be split equitably. Um, and it, and it's our intent that our retirement account would remain separate. So the principle of our retirement accounts would remain separate.

The Ramsey Show
You Have to Know Where You Are Financially to Know Where You're Going

If we draw anything out to pay for things for us, that's all commingled and everything that all my, all the other cash, everything would be split.