Ramit Sethi
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Podcast Appearances
Let's build that.
If it means we do a little dance about the credit card once every two months, fine.
Do we both feel good?
Is it fair?
Then I'm good with it.
We all have these things that society has told us, but then we don't quite agree and we're not sure what to do.
Last time I was here, we talked about how you don't necessarily need to buy a house in order to live a rich life.
And in my case, I have rented for the last 20 years by choice, and I made more money renting and investing the difference than I would have by buying a house.
And this is shocking to people.
Like, we saw the comments last time.
People went, berserk.
How can you talk about renting?
You're just throwing money away on rent.
And this is something we have been facing.
fed constantly for generations that in order to be successful, you must buy a house.
So when somebody like me comes around and says, actually, you should run the numbers because sometimes renting can be better.
People are shocked.
Same thing with if you want to be taken care of or you want someone to treat you or you want someone to pay for the first date.
Same thing when men come and they talk about being a provider.
But in certain relationships where they actually earn less and