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Sana and Arhem knew going into marriage that money would be a challenge. What Sana didn’t know until a month before their wedding was that Arhem had accumulated $30,000 in credit card debt.
When Arhem disclosed it, Sana was devastated — by both the amount and the secret. Then the debt grew again. By the time the couple appeared on Ramit Sethi’s Money for Couples podcast, their total debt had reached $165,000 against a combined income of $188,000 — and the financial betrayal had nearly ended the relationship (1).
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