Hey Dave, You Should Adjust The Baby Steps For This!

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[jaqclark]

Seriously? 😂 Parents like this is why the kids are in debt. If they didn’t have debt, they could afford “date night”. And why can’t it be a picnic in a FREE park??? 😆😆😆

[hollyb]

Glad Dave laughed right off the bat. While listening to that email, I was thinking “Huh?” I give my married kids gift cards to their favorite restaurants as part of their birthday, anniversary and Christmas gifts.

[ntme]

Who says date night cost anything. Movie and popcorn at home is a lot of fun for newlyweds.

[marinagala]

I love that Dave is a parent. And NOT the snowflake kind! A parent that teaches a child to be their own person and walks with them not for them. Love it!

[grantguy]

I fell off my chair 🪑 when I heard the sudden laughter 😹 of Dave.

[karenc]

Netflix and popcorn
Board games
Potlucks
Going on a walk
Making fondue at home
Cards
Dave’s favorite: frisbee at the park
Ice cream sundaes at home
Candle lit dinner
Having coffee together at home
Looking forward to things isn’t about spending money, that’s asking money to do your spirituality for you. If anything, being on a tight budget forced me to appreciate what I already have, and the more I appreciate what I already have, the less I feel the need to spend a bunch of money to get more stuff.

[nicholasmartinez]

Dave went full on Joker laugh on that one 😂

[heeman]

I love it when Dave calls people snowflakes.

[probablyworking]

I listened to this while my husband and I sit side by side donating plasma as one of our many joint side hustles. They’re going to be fine, mom. Relationships are built strong by both good and hard times.

[JS-svol]

My wife and I have not followed the Dave plan 100% — are we still getting out of debt? Yes

Is it as fast and pain free as it could have been? NO, DEFINITELY NOT. It kills us to see those mistakes and know we could’ve avoided them if we had tried a little harder.

I’d add that being married adults involved picking your sacrifices; there’s no “if” here either. If you want things to workout you’re going to make compromises, sacrifices, and it’s going to be hard.

That said, you through the process you grow SO MUCH more and faster when you’re a good team working together.

[LewWise]

"I'm making fun of you Cathy, but you deserve to be made fun of"

[MrJamieBattle]

0:35 Dave literally Lol’d😂🤣😂🤣
I heard that live as it aired and i was like, what in the heck Dave is cackling about?

[omyota]

Discipline = freedom. The sacrifice now is WORTH IT.

[Magicjohnson]

This is such facts. Dave has helped more people than I can imagine with a radio show. Unreal

[marcus]

They may not have money for vacation, but they can also get to know each other on a planned staycation. They still get to know each other, take time off with earned PTO, and not go into debt just to do it. Just a thought. 😁

[jacYouTube]

I needed a good laugh, I'm laughing so hard I'm crying, I love your response to this situation, so enlightening

[jroysdon]

When we were GI, we saved our recycling money and did Dollar Menu date nights once a month spending less than $4. A deck of cards is $1 and there are dozens and dozens of games you can learn for free just looking online (or back in the old days, borrow a book from the library on the card games). Taking a picnic to the park, go on a walk on a local trail, etc. Plenty of fun that costs nothing or very little. Plus, if they're BS2 and broke, they should be working extra jobs to get out of debt, not constantly out on date nights.

[raebird]

Hahahaha omg I'm dying. He was reading the question and I was laughing and then Dave erupted that's hilarious. 🤣 seriously as a 28 yo that went through newlywed phase and new parent x3 phase while working baby steps this is hilarious. Nothing will make you grow more together than working the baby steps together and learning how to balance that. 10 years of marriage and we have never prioritized a vacation over debt and financial responsibility. We have been debt free for several years and have paid cash for multiple big purchases... like 14 to 20k purchases and still had out emergency fund. There's no vacation that can compare to that feeling of financial security even when it means dropping a big check. Same for date nights.... you can have date nights for cheap or next to nothing. Half the fun is getting creative! Encourage them to pay off their debt now before they have kids and see it as another reason to spend!

[melzerzvlogz]

Oh my god that laugh right after he was done leaving has me ⚰️. 🤣🤣🤣 I never liked expensive date nights. Did things like hiking and going to the rock climbing gym was a fun one not too expensive. And on dates if I wanted to go to the movies I would always do the matinee or the half off times and get my snacks at the grocery store beforehand. I wasn't even in debt back in my dating days just cheap. 🤣

[ganthc]

My guess is that mom wants them to travel and visit her. And they said no until they got out of debt, and Kathy was unhappy about it.