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Chelsea Fagan

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
218 total appearances

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"Girl Math" does not add up to financial freedom

And actually, when you look at the data, most heterosexual couples, the woman manages all of the day-to-day financial decisions, which make up most of your financial life.

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"Girl Math" does not add up to financial freedom

Totally.

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"Girl Math" does not add up to financial freedom

However, they don't either they're not allowed to or they don't ask to or it just shakes out that they don't manage all of the long term finances, the retirement, estate planning, you know, investment, all of that kind of stuff.

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"Girl Math" does not add up to financial freedom

So I think that that is the number one thing that we try to push back on is this idea that men have some inherent quality that makes them better at financial planning.

It's Been a Minute
"Girl Math" does not add up to financial freedom

It's not true.

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"Girl Math" does not add up to financial freedom

I think male comfort is at the center of a lot of this.

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"Girl Math" does not add up to financial freedom

But also, I don't know.

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"Girl Math" does not add up to financial freedom

I think so.

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"Girl Math" does not add up to financial freedom

Something I joke about on the channel is that every woman needs to have like 37 of her own private emergency funds.

It's Been a Minute
"Girl Math" does not add up to financial freedom

Obviously, that's not true.

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"Girl Math" does not add up to financial freedom

But every woman should have at least one.

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"Girl Math" does not add up to financial freedom

Right.

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"Girl Math" does not add up to financial freedom

That is just hers.

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"Girl Math" does not add up to financial freedom

That is just in her name that.

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"Girl Math" does not add up to financial freedom

can never be touched because even, you know, even in the case of, let's say an amicable, an amicable divorce or, you know, a regular division of assets, there could be a period of time where you can't access things that are jointly held or, or,

It's Been a Minute
"Girl Math" does not add up to financial freedom

There could be a dispute around what percentage is yours versus versus his.

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"Girl Math" does not add up to financial freedom

And I think that feeling of like, even on a very logistical level, if I were to leave this relationship tomorrow, how would I eat?

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"Girl Math" does not add up to financial freedom

How would I where would I sleep?

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"Girl Math" does not add up to financial freedom

All of those questions.

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"Girl Math" does not add up to financial freedom

Yeah.