#20 Haves and Have-Mores

Dear Millennial With Megan Tan

Megan Tan

Society & Culture, Personal Journals

4.8 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 22 June 2016

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

After college, I thought everyone was on equal footing. But that’s not always the case. How do you come to terms with your own financial status when your close friends are living lives you can’t afford?

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0:00.0	There is some colorful language in this episode, aka cuss words.
0:04.6	So if you have kids, you've been warned.
0:07.6	How much does a toothbrush?
0:10.2	Four dollars for a toothbrush, a dollar ninety nine.
0:18.6	When I go shopping I always buy what's on sale. Even though millennials doing really well I'm still on a budget.
0:28.0	Deodorant 749.
0:34.0	Every single time I go to the grocery store or I go out to eat, I immediately whip out my phone and
0:39.4	type down what I've spent.
0:42.3	Gum, 1.59. what I've spent. Gumb 159 and 199 for toothbrush. But it's not like that for everyone.
0:53.0	Well look at that house.
0:56.0	Beautiful houses.
0:59.0	Who lives in these houses?
1:02.0	I have friends with big houses and big boats who have the
1:05.7	luxury of spending money more carelessly. Their lifestyles can sometimes be
1:10.8	overwhelming especially when we get together and it feels like we're
1:14.0	living in two different worlds.
1:16.3	When your friends are living lives that you can't afford, how do you maintain your relationship
1:21.0	and not begrudge them for their social status or feel ashamed of your own.
1:26.0	You're listening to millennial, a podcast about coming of age while maneuvering your
1:35.7	20s. I know there are rich people in the world I see them on reality TV shows all the time
1:51.3	it's like I'm from the OC.
1:53.6	What's your name?
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