Woodsman said:
The $118,000 amount is the most sure pointer to Ramsey involvement in my opinion.
Not to me. There is no reason that someone of his income would remember so specifically deferred compensation of that amount. While it sounds like a lot of money (well, it IS a lot of money), to them, it would be nothing special. We hear "his bonus" and it sticks out, because it's the only figure we've heard -- but it wasn't his only bonus, surely not his largest, and obviously dwarfed by his salary and/or other compensation. I don't want to call it a throwaway amount, but ....
As I read, he received the comp in Feb of that year, which was 10 months previous. My husband receives deferred compensation in that manner (a December bonus, and then some more deferred in March), and I don't have any idea how much it was last year, only 5 months ago. Well, I could guess that it was between two figures that are about $75k apart ...
This doesn't exonerate them, but to me, it proves zilch. It is certainly possible that Patsy followed every penny of her husband's income; there are wives like that. But not all wives are like that. Some are like me, who are aware of ballpark figures and just want to know if our checking accounts are full or not.