Rachel Webster

Our relationship with money is personal. It's as unique as the families we come from. But the cruel reality is, if you come from a family that experienced poverty, you're far more likely to struggle financially as an adult.

Our relationship with money is personal. It's as unique as the families we come from. But the cruel reality is, if you come from a family that experienced poverty, you're far more likely to struggle financially as an adult.

Okay, so tell me what the numbers are.

Okay, so tell me what the numbers are.

Have you worn them yet?

Have you worn them yet?

Okay, so let's start by returning those.

Okay, so let's start by returning those.

You cannot go to this wedding.

You cannot go to this wedding.

Did you book the tickets? Yes. No, she's not. You're going to call her. You're going to tell her what's going on. And you're going to say, I can't come to your wedding. And I really hope that I can celebrate with you in another context at some other time. It doesn't require me to fly across the country, buy a dress, get a hotel and a car service and everything and a gift.

Did you book the tickets? Yes. No, she's not. You're going to call her. You're going to tell her what's going on. And you're going to say, I can't come to your wedding. And I really hope that I can celebrate with you in another context at some other time. It doesn't require me to fly across the country, buy a dress, get a hotel and a car service and everything and a gift.

Here to read the best of the worst comments from Jamie's TikTok is our third grade friend, Dottie Mae Mershon.

Here to read the best of the worst comments from Jamie's TikTok is our third grade friend, Dottie Mae Mershon.

Hmm. Where have we heard that before?

Hmm. Where have we heard that before?

Yeah, it's really upsetting to hear. And because you didn't tell me any of that stuff, I wouldn't have brought up the fact that I'd also been in debt in the past and I could have helped you.

Yeah, it's really upsetting to hear. And because you didn't tell me any of that stuff, I wouldn't have brought up the fact that I'd also been in debt in the past and I could have helped you.

Just like in any other form of shame, the isolation is really deadly. It can be really dangerous. Why do we insist on suffering, on judging ourselves for these perceived failures? Does feeling ashamed even help us?

Just like in any other form of shame, the isolation is really deadly. It can be really dangerous. Why do we insist on suffering, on judging ourselves for these perceived failures? Does feeling ashamed even help us?