Make It Make Sense: Calling Out Money Double Standards
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Who are Rachel and George?
Hey guys, I'm Rachel Cruz. I'm George Camel. And this is Smart Money Happy Hour.
Well, this is the show where two friends who happen to be money experts talk about what you're talking about. So everything from pop culture, current events, and money.
We're sipping on the illustrious citrus, cardamom, coffee, spritzer, mocktail. So many words for a drink that should be in prison. We will give you our rating, which, spoiler, not going to be good, and reveal the cost per glass at the end of the episode. So stick around. You're going to want to be here for this sentencing.
That's right. Good. Okay, so, George, you know, we talk about personal finance for a living, and we really try not to be judgmental because we get people from all different situations and stories and, you know, it's a whole thing. And so we do try to be curious, right, as Ted Lasso would say.
Be curious, not judgmental.
What does it mean to be curious about money?
Which I think was a Walt Whitman quote.
quote originally. You're telling me that Jason Sudeikis didn't come up with that on the spot?
I think he actually quoted Walt Whitman in the episode, but yeah. Yeah, we're not gonna, yeah, be curious, not judgmental. It's a great phrase, so.
You had a curious moment recently.
Yes, I did. Yeah.
Apparently I'm letting you know for the first time.
No, I remember.
Well, yes, in fact, I did. Thank you for bringing it up. What happened here?
Well, it's just funny. I am in a certain text group, shall we say. You know, they'll be like, oh, hey, here's this, you know, dresser for free if anyone wants to come pick it up. And it's from, you know, and they give the link and everything. And it's like a $2,000 furniture piece. So they're like, yeah, just come get it. Like, we're done with it. And you're like, oh, my gosh. But then they're like nickel and diamond pieces.
What are common money double standards?
you know like um vitamins for 12 you know if you want to get this for 12 and i'm like this is so funny to me because they give away like thousands of dollars of an item but the vitamins are charged but then something else they'll just like charge for and i'm like i don't know maybe like something is in their psyche or in them i don't know but it's always funny to me that i'm like if you're gonna make money like make it off the dresser right that you're gonna get
Yeah.
Thousands of dollars for versus like trying to do it.
So therein lies the double standard of like, why would you make this free but make the $10 item cost?
Yeah, so again, it's one of these moments in life that you're like, that just doesn't, it doesn't make sense. It doesn't make sense. And so there's a lot of that in this world.
And that was the birth of this episode.
Because I feel it a lot in my life. I'll do things that I'm like, oh yeah, I'll pay for this. And then they charge me $1.99 to subscribe to a podcast to get all the episodes. I'm like, I will not. But I'll go and spend freaking like, I don't know, $30 to get my food delivered to my house for one night. You know, and it just, it doesn't make sense. So there's a lot of that out there in the world.
We're going to get into that. And you know, humans are imperfect after the fall of man. Look it up, by the way. Good story. Trying to make my mom happy. She's in the crowd. I'm making my mom happy. Look up The Fall of Man. Dark stuff, but helpful information. We have natural tendencies as humans.
Hypocrisy there too.
That are contradictory, all right? We are contradictory beings, but being intentional about this is how we grow. So we're going to get into that today. And you talk about natural money tendencies in your book, Know Yourself, Know Your Money, which one of your best, can I just say?
Oh, thanks, George. Yeah, but I do think understanding yourself, because it can maybe help explain some of the hypocrisy that we live in. Because some of these, yeah, natural tendencies. Real quick. Spender versus saver. What are you? I am the saver. I'm a spender. Are you a nerd or a free spirit? The nerd. I'm a free spirit. Experiences. Do you spend money on experiences or actual things?
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
Who are Rachel and George?
0:05–1:24
2
What does it mean to be curious about money?
1:24–2:16
3
What are common money double standards?
2:16–4:42
4
How do our spending habits reflect our values?
4:42–6:04
5
What role does personal psychology play in financial decisions?
6:04–6:59
6
How can you challenge your own money contradictions?
6:59–8:34
7
What are some funny financial confessions?
8:34–9:23
8
How important is it to be intentional with money?
9:23–35:49
Speakers
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