Jamie Feldman

The apartment also has its own soundtrack, mainly consisting of theme songs from Nick at Night. Which ones? Oh, God. It was always either Bewitched or Mary Tyler Moore or...

The apartment also has its own soundtrack, mainly consisting of theme songs from Nick at Night. Which ones? Oh, God. It was always either Bewitched or Mary Tyler Moore or...

Yeah, the love boat. Soon we'll be making another run. Growing up, I talked to my mom about everything. She was the kind of parent who was also a friend. So there was basically nothing off limits. But I had never brought up money with her. Really? Yeah, it was just you and the whole internet. Not her. Hi, I'm Samantha. Hi, I'm Jamie. That's Samantha. I'm Samantha. That's Jamie. Okay.

Yeah, the love boat. Soon we'll be making another run. Growing up, I talked to my mom about everything. She was the kind of parent who was also a friend. So there was basically nothing off limits. But I had never brought up money with her. Really? Yeah, it was just you and the whole internet. Not her. Hi, I'm Samantha. Hi, I'm Jamie. That's Samantha. I'm Samantha. That's Jamie. Okay.

What was your reaction when you saw the first thing that you saw I posted about my money situation? What was your reaction?

What was your reaction when you saw the first thing that you saw I posted about my money situation? What was your reaction?

I was like my mom. We both had a habit of blowing through our money. Although for me, it was less about clothes and more about paying an obscene amount of money to live in a shitty slice of heaven in the East Village. This type of spending often meant that we were living beyond our means. Neither of us ever learned how to be good with money.

I was like my mom. We both had a habit of blowing through our money. Although for me, it was less about clothes and more about paying an obscene amount of money to live in a shitty slice of heaven in the East Village. This type of spending often meant that we were living beyond our means. Neither of us ever learned how to be good with money.

When I think back to my childhood, the only thing I remember knowing about money was that there never seemed to be enough of it. And so you never talked to your mom about money?

When I think back to my childhood, the only thing I remember knowing about money was that there never seemed to be enough of it. And so you never talked to your mom about money?

Did you have any thoughts about my financial education or what my relationship with money might look like?

Did you have any thoughts about my financial education or what my relationship with money might look like?

If you could describe our money situation, our financial situation when I was growing up in one word, how would you describe it? Stressful.

If you could describe our money situation, our financial situation when I was growing up in one word, how would you describe it? Stressful.

My mom was 23 when she moved in with my dad and 28 when she had me. She rushed into adulthood to get away from her own family. She made a lot of emotional decisions that had financial implications for both her life and mine.

My mom was 23 when she moved in with my dad and 28 when she had me. She rushed into adulthood to get away from her own family. She made a lot of emotional decisions that had financial implications for both her life and mine.

Yeah, like I don't have really good memories from this apartment. What do you remember about this apartment? I have memories of a lot of fighting, a lot of conflict for a lot of different reasons. But I feel like often they had to do with money and bills. Yeah. There was a lot of fighting in my house growing up, and to my six-year-old ears, it always sounded like it was about money.

Yeah, like I don't have really good memories from this apartment. What do you remember about this apartment? I have memories of a lot of fighting, a lot of conflict for a lot of different reasons. But I feel like often they had to do with money and bills. Yeah. There was a lot of fighting in my house growing up, and to my six-year-old ears, it always sounded like it was about money.

But as I got a little older, I realized that the money part was just one piece of a much larger issue. My dad struggled with addiction. He wasn't always able to hold a job. Most of the time, it was chaos. Sometimes I didn't know what I was going to find on the other side of the door. And I often fell asleep to the sounds of my mom screaming about something that I couldn't understand.

But as I got a little older, I realized that the money part was just one piece of a much larger issue. My dad struggled with addiction. He wasn't always able to hold a job. Most of the time, it was chaos. Sometimes I didn't know what I was going to find on the other side of the door. And I often fell asleep to the sounds of my mom screaming about something that I couldn't understand.