261. "We’re in our 40s with nothing saved. Will we be ok?"

Money For Couples with Ramit Sethi · May 19, 2026 · 1h 33m

Ramit Sethi of I Will Teach You To Be Rich talks to Sebastien and Hope, a married couple in their forties who have been together for 20 years, married for 16, and have a nine-year-old son. They earn around $195,000 a year, have $674,000 in assets, $129,000 invested, just $11,000 in savings, and $437,000 in debt.

On paper, they are not broke, but emotionally, Sebastien still feels like they are constantly scrambling, while Hope believes their personal finances are in the best place they have ever been.

Both recently became business owners, with Hope running an architecture firm and Sebastien…