{"id":2589820,"date":"2026-04-12T11:51:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-12T15:51:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dave-ramsey-said-no-as-usual-but-one-of-the-backstreet-boys-made-her-dream-come-true-anyway\/"},"modified":"2026-04-12T11:54:57","modified_gmt":"2026-04-12T15:54:57","slug":"dave-ramsey-said-no-as-usual-but-one-of-the-backstreet-boys-made-her-dream-come-true-anyway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dave-ramsey-said-no-as-usual-but-one-of-the-backstreet-boys-made-her-dream-come-true-anyway\/","title":{"rendered":"Dave Ramsey Said No &#8211; As Usual &#8211; But One of The Backstreet Boys Made Her Dream Come True Anyway"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">40<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdave-ramsey-said-no-as-usual-but-one-of-the-backstreet-boys-made-her-dream-come-true-anyway%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2589820&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Dave Ramsey\u2019s The Ramsey Show features a caller,\u201cRachel from Indianapolis,\u201d who asks whether Baby Step 2 ever allows cash-flowing a life event-specifically a Las Vegas trip to see the Backstreet Boys at the Sphere. Ramsey explains that Baby Step 2 is about paying off all debt and avoiding discretionary indulgences until debt is cleared, noting she and her husband still owe about $90,000 and are roughly 25 months from payoff. He tells her that taking the trip would be inconsistent with their plan, but offers encouragement that living like no one else now can led to better experiences later. In a follow-up episode, Ramsey and his daughter Rachel Cruze surprise Rachel with help from Backstreet Boys member Kevin Richardson, who invites them to Las Vegas and Ramsey agrees to pay the travel costs, turning the moment into a memorable, almost Make-a-Wish-like gesture. The story was shared on social media and described as a heartening example of generosity aligned with sticking to a debt-paydown plan.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Just about anyone who&rsquo;s ever watched Dave Ramsey could have told you what his answer was going to be.<\/p>\n<p>But a woman <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=T3BRHmR5WEE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">called in<\/a> to &ldquo;The Ramsey Show&rdquo; recently to ask the popular Christian financial adviser anyway.<\/p>\n<p>A woman identified only as &ldquo;Rachel from Indianapolis&rdquo; framed her question carefully.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Is there ever a time in Baby Step 2 that it would be appropriate to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/data-debunks-ocasio-cortezs-claim-that-americans-need-postal-banking\/\" title=\"Data Debunks Ocasio-Cortez\u2019s Claim That Americans Need \u2018Postal Banking\u2019\">cash-flow<\/a>, like, a life event or a once-in<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kamala-harris-loses-yet-another-aide-amid-staff-exodus\/\" title=\"Kamala Harris Loses Yet Another Aide amid Staff Exodus\">-a-lifetime experience<\/a>?&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Her terminology was familiar to longtime Ramsey fans, who know Ramsey&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ramseysolutions.com\/dave-ramsey-7-baby-steps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">seven<\/a> &ldquo;baby steps&rdquo; for getting out of debt:<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"anyclipvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadAnyclip() { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst container=document.getElementById(\"anyclipvideo\"); 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\t\t\t\t\tobserveElement(paragraphToObserve); \t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>Baby Step One is to save $1,000 for an emergency fund.<\/p>\n<p>Baby Step Two is to pay off all debt (except for a home mortgage). That&rsquo;s the rough stage, where participants learn to sacrifice and scrimp and stretch, doing everything they can, including taking on extra jobs called &ldquo;side hustles&rdquo; to obliterate their debt.<\/p>\n<p>For most, it takes months, or even years, to wipe out their debt load so they can move on to spending, investing, giving, and enjoying financial freedom in Baby Steps Three and beyond.<\/p>\n<p>Saying &ldquo;no&rdquo; to vacations and other indulgences is a big part of Baby Step Two. And pausing the process to &ldquo;cash-flow&rdquo; an expense is usually reserved for emergencies, like a car repair or medical situation.<\/p>\n<p>Ramsey&rsquo;s daughter, Rachel Cruze, who was co-hosting with her dad, wanted details.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;What would that [life event] be?&rdquo; she asked.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It would be to go see several good childhood friends of mine in Las Vegas named Kevin, Nick, Howie, AJ, and Brian, at the Sphere in August,&rdquo; Rachel from Indianapolis explained.<\/p>\n<p>Ramsey chimed in. &ldquo;The Backstreet Boys?&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Cruze, looking stunned, broke out in laughter. &ldquo;I&rsquo;m so glad you called on this day, Rachel. If there&rsquo;s any hope&hellip;&rdquo; she trailed off, glancing at her dad.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;You know Rachel&rsquo;s been twice,&rdquo; Ramsey told the caller, referring to his daughter.<\/p>\n<p>Cruze was clearly sympathetic, telling the caller the show by the <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >1990s-era boy band &#038;ldquo<\/a>;is <em>so<\/em> good!&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The caller said even her husband told her there was no way Dave Ramsey would give her the green light to indulge in the trip.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;m, like, watching the videos and my husband yells from the other room, &lsquo;Dave says <em>no<\/em>!&#8217;&rdquo; she told the podcast hosts.<\/p>\n<p>Ramsey sat at his microphone quietly, smiling, waiting to see what his daughter&rsquo;s response to the caller was going to be.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;m just going to see if Rachel&rsquo;s a hypocrite, that&rsquo;s all I&rsquo;m going to see,&rdquo; he said as his daughter squirmed and laughed next to him.<\/p>\n<p>Rachel from Indianapolis told Ramsey she and her husband had paid off $78,000 in debt, but still had $96,000 to go. She calculated that by paying $3,500 per month, she and her husband were about 25 months from paying it off.<\/p>\n<p>Ramsey pondered quietly for a moment, and then told the caller, &ldquo;I went to see the Eagles at the Sphere, which would be my version of Backstreet Boys, because the chance of me seeing the Backstreet Boys is close to zero.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;But the Eagles at the Sphere was one of the best concert experiences of my life,&rdquo; he acknowledged. &ldquo;So&hellip; I can get there with you and Rachel [Cruze] on how difficult this is&hellip; it&rsquo;s a real cool experience, and it&rsquo;s worth every penny&hellip; if you had the pennies.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Then he dropped the bad news.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;You don&rsquo;t,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;You&rsquo;re broke. You&rsquo;re $90,000 in debt.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It would be inconsistent with what we teach,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;That&rsquo;s the bottom line.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>He did offer some words of encouragement, saying, &ldquo;You&rsquo;re working so hard, and you&rsquo;re doing a great job. And here&rsquo;s the thing: If you live like no one else, I promise you, later, there&rsquo;s going to be better things than this would have been.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>His words turned out to be prophetic.<\/p>\n<p>In a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=VAG0YjU7uAo&amp;t=4s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">follow-up episode<\/a>, Ramsey and Cruze had a surprise for Rachel from Indianapolis. They brought her back on the show and added someone else to the call: Backstreet Boys member Kevin Richardson.<\/p>\n<p>Richardson said a friend had d a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/disney-producer-proud-of-implementing-not-at-all-secret-gay-agenda-into-childrens-programming\/\" title=\"Disney Producer Proud of Implementing \u201cNot-At-All Secret Gay Agenda... Into Children\u2019s Programming\">social media clip<\/a> of the initial call and he reached out to Ramsey&rsquo;s organization.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I would like to invite you and a guest to come see us in Las Vegas,&rdquo; he told Rachel from Indianapolis. &ldquo;And we&rsquo;ll pick up the tab.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Then Ramsey chimed in, saying, &ldquo;And you can&rsquo;t go in Baby Step Two if you have to pay for the travel, so Ramsey&rsquo;s going to pick up the travel for you.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Rachel was stunned. &ldquo;Are you serious right now?&rdquo; she said. &ldquo;I&rsquo;m like&hellip; I&rsquo;m going to start crying.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Ramsey and Cruze thanked Richardson for his generosity.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;She&rsquo;ll never forget it,&rdquo; Cruze marveled. &ldquo;Oh my gosh. So great!&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Ramsey posted a clip of the surprise on social media.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">This was fun!<\/p>\n<p>Rachel called into the Ramsey Show a week ago with a tough decision to make: She wants to see the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/backstreetboys?\">@backstreetboys<\/a> at the Sphere in Las Vegas, but she&rsquo;s working on paying off debt. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kevinrichardson?\">@kevinrichardson<\/a> from the Backstreet Boys saw the clip, and here&rsquo;s what happened&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/R1uv7HNSUd\">pic.twitter.com\/R1uv7HNSUd<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Dave Ramsey (@DaveRamsey) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DaveRamsey\/status\/2042239216596250921?\">April 9, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Very fun!&rdquo; he commented on the surprise ending for Rachel from Indianapolis. &ldquo;You don&rsquo;t get to do that very often.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>His daughter chimed in, &ldquo;It&rsquo;s like a Make-a-Wish!&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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She phrased her question carefully: is there ever a time in Baby Step 2 when it would be appropriate to cash-flow, rather than save and pay down debt, for a life event or a once-in-a-lifetime experience? This question sits inside Ramsey\u2019s framework of seven Baby Steps for getting out of debt.<\/p>\n<p>Baby Step One is to save $1,000 for emergencies. Baby Step Two is to pay off all debt except for a home mortgage. That stage is all about sacrifice and frugality, sometimes even taking on extra jobs to wipe out debt. For many people, it lasts months or years before they can move on to spending, investing, giving, and enjoying financial freedom in the later steps. Saying no to vacations and other indulgences is a big part of Baby Step Two, and pausing the process to cash-flow an expense is usually reserved for true emergencies like a car repair or a medical situation.<\/p>\n<p>Rachel asked Dave Ramsey what life event could justify bending the rule. She described wanting to visit several old friends in Las Vegas to see the Sphere performance by the Backstreet Boys in August. Ramsey\u2019s daughter, Rachel Cruze, co-hosted on the show, and the moment turned into a light-hearted exchange. Ramsey noted that he\u2019d already seen the Eagles at the Sphere, which he called a worthwhile experience, but he reminded Rachel that she and her husband were still about $96,000 in debt, with a debt load that would take roughly 25 months to pay off at their current pace. He said the trip would be inconsistent with their teachings, given their debt, but he offered encouragement: if they continue to live frugally now, better things could come later.<\/p>\n<p>In a follow-up episode, Ramsey and Cruze surprised Rachel by bringing in Backstreet Boys member Kevin Richardson, who offered to fly her and a guest to Las Vegas and cover the trip. Ramsey also offered to pay for the travel, on the condition that she hadn\u2019t yet paid for it with debt. 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