Hunter, a newlywed husband from Cincinnati, called into The Ramsey Show seeking advice on knocking out debt as a couple.
He explained that while he personally had no debt, his wife had student loans and a car payment. To limit their expenses, they live with their respective parents in different states, seeing each other only on weekends. Their thinking was simple: survive as “weekend warriors” while they eliminate the debt, then move in together and work towards buying a home.
But that plan drew immediate pushback from host Dave Ramsey, who said their financial strategy was undermining their marriage and could slow their progress in the long run.
“What you’re doing is unbelievably weird,” he said in a clip…