Louise McSharry

No, my, like my children's lives in terms of money are completely different to my childhood.

Like, you know, my parents adopted me and my brother when we were, I was seven and he was just turned five.

My parents were 25 and 26 on the kinds of salaries that you would be on as a 25 year old teacher and a 26 year old, whatever my dad was doing.

Like, you know, there was no extra money.

They acquired two children overnight.

Like there was no money.

I never had the right stuff.

I never had...

the right shoes the right clothes I like I just it just wasn't possible yeah you know and even things like if I wanted to do singing lessons it just wasn't the money now as time went on in my parents careers progressed obviously that changed and but like at that time when they were in their 20s and we were kids I mean obviously there was no extra money around it was enough to just try and feed us and clothe us um and I look at my kids sometimes and I'm like you little shits you wasn't

But I spend a lot of time thinking about how I can try and counter the fact that they don't get everything that they want.

But, you know, they certainly get a lot more than I did.

And to try and help them appreciate that, you know, that's not everyone's situation and that they need to be grateful for what they have and that things cost money and that money requires work.

But it's also even, yeah, it's all that.

But then it's also like just this morning I had a conversation with Sam because I was like, Sam, where the fuck is your water bottle?

I didn't say that.

Maybe I did actually.

But I was like, where is your water bottle?

I was like, I haven't seen your water bottle in about two weeks.

And I was like, and he was like, oh, I don't know.

And now Sam has a hard time with losing things.