‘I Was Sweating': Millionaire Recalls Emotional Prenup Talk With His Wife
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After seven years of their marriage, Ramit Sethi considers what they learnt from their prenup negotiations.
Self-made millionaire, author and TV host Ramit Sethi is popular for his expertise in finance and wealth building. The millionaire, who has published books on how to get rich and how couples can manage their finances together, recently revealed that his financial journey hasn't been perfect. Ramit, who has been married to Cassandra since 2018, has often shared tidbits about their relationship and financial strategies on the Money for Couples podcast hosted by Ramit.
Now, he sat for a candid interview with his wife for a podcast with friend Julie Nguyen where they revealed the most challenging money conversation they had and the difficulties surrounding their prenuptial agreement.
On the podcast, Ramit and Cassandra agreed that the hardest money conversation they have ever had as a couple is negotiating their prenuptial before tying the knot.
'I am sweating thinking about it right now," Ramit admitted, adding, 'The first time I brought it up, I remember I had talked to so many people, gotten advice, and planned what I was gonna say and I was very nervous about it," CNBC Make It reported.
Cassandra, who didn't know much about prenups, was open to understanding them. Despite their mutual agreement to proceed, things quickly went south as they had different understandings of money.
While Ramit saw the negotiations as strictly 'financial' and tried to let the numbers speak for themselves, Cassandra was more tapped into the 'emotional' considerations surrounding their future.
Ramit revealed that he tried to make a generous offer in his prenup proposal, but Cassandra was more concerned with their relationship and ensuring their feelings and emotions were aligned.
'We started going back and forth, and I was very confused, very hurt because I'm like, 'I'm not trying to trick anybody here,'" Ramit said.
Eventually, Cassandra suggested they should meet a therapist and talk through their emotions to figure out where things weren't aligning. The therapist asked how they each see money, and this proved to be a breakthrough.
'That opened up conversations that we hadn't been able to have because my answer was like, 'Growth, of course. Look at the compounding.' And her answer was safety," Ramit said.
Despite the turmoil, the agreement helped them deepen their relationship by opening not just how they think about money, but also how they communicate their feelings with each other, they said.
Now, after seven years of their marriage, the couple consider what they learnt from their prenup negotiations to be the most valuable lessons they have learned from each other.
Cassandra said that Ramit's mindset around abundance and trusting your earning power has been eye-opening. Ramit, on the other hand, expressed that he is grateful to have learnt from Cassandra the importance of checking in on your feelings and talking about them. 'It has changed the way that I relate to people a lot," he concluded.
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