Settling the Debate on Your Financial Faux Pas (We’re Divided)
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What financial faux pas are we discussing?
Hey guys, I'm Rachel.
I'm George.
And this is Smart Money Happy Hour. Cheers, George.
Oh, wonderful. That'll cure almost anything.
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.
And we're kicking off today's episode with a public debate.
Yeah, it's not political. So don't worry, you guys. Don't get scared off. But it is. And it has to do with George. That's all I'll say.
Don't pin it on me. Okay. Well, before we get to that, what are we sipping on, Rachel? We've got a Division Bell. You can taste the divisiveness.
That's funny, actually. The cocktail name fits really well with this episode.
I actually think out of all the things in this episode, we'll agree that this is a good drink. So good. So stick around until the end. We'll give you the cost per glass. We'll give you our rating. And the recipe is in the show notes.
Okay, so this all started when... I heard about something that went on at Mia, who is George's daughter. Why do you say it accusingly? George's daughter's birthday. But you said that you did something at this party. I'll let you explain to the people.
You act like this is public indecency. What a tease.
And I thought it was a joke. And I was like, oh, that's funny, George. Or you did it as a joke. And then I learned later on that afternoon that like, no, no, no. He did this like, it was being serious about it. And I was like, oh my God. My gosh, George Campbell, you are tacky.
Tacky. This is an episode about financial faux pas, and apparently I committed one. Big one. While just trying to prepare for my daughter's future. Like, what a noble way to be tacky.
On the backs of friends.
Okay, here's what happened. And this is not a joke.
I thought this was like a, oh, George, you're funny. You talk about money.
What you guys need to know is that I'm tired of crap. And babies just get a lot of stuff. And people just think, I bet they want more stuff. And so we keep getting stuff. And so I thought for the party, which, by the way, was just family and close friends. I decided... Close friends.
Loud and clear.
To be honest, I wanted nothing to do with the invite list. And it was just like, Winnie, invite your best girlfriends. I don't have friends. Guys don't want to go to first birthday parties. Can we just say that? That's fair. That's fair. So anyways, I decided, you know what? Instead of making everyone like, hey, bring a gift, bring more stuff. What if I did a little QR code? And if you so chose, you could give to her future college fund. So I made it cute. It was really cute. It said like... Cowgirls, blah, blah, blah, support Cowgirls College Fund with a QR code to go scan and donate directly to the fund. This was not like my then, though. So I then posted on social media, like I'm posting the picture as a joke, like when you give people financial advice and you're the girl that, whatever, as a funny joke. Then people thought, wow, he's soliciting donations from social media now. So they thought it was tacky that I was on social trying to get money for my daughter's college fund. Which was not your intent of that.
Which was not the intent. It was supposed to be a funny joke. Like, this is classic George behavior that amidst all the gifts, George is like, hey, you could donate to the college fund because it will, at a 12% rate of return, it'll turn it, you know, nerding out.
Yeah, but like, it's funny that you would do that because you would just do that because it's funny, not because you were serious, though.
And to be fair, not a single person donated to the college fund. So... But I did get really good at Canva. I became an expert in Canva just making this.
Just to make the poster for it.
I was very proud of my work.
Oh my gosh. Were you expecting people to donate?
I didn't, but if it was me, I would personally rather give to my friend's kid's college fund than to like buy them another thing that will likely be thrown away or returned.
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