Yes, comparison is the thief of joy, but also, how do you stack up against the average

American financially? Today, we're practicing safe comparison. Oh, boy, I was really hoping for more,

because what we see there, it didn't go up by that hundred thousand. Is that not enough for you?

I hope your children feel encouraged in life, George. I'm glad we have a drink because this is a sobering episode. Tell you that much. 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.

Everything from pop culture, current events, and money.

Before we get to the content, let's talk about what we're sipping on.

I love it.

It's a specific fruit that I'm okay with. It's not my favorite fruit, but man. Let me tell you, this is a banana old-fashioned, and I hate bananas vehemently. That's one of my fun facts. Oh. Yeah, but I really enjoy this drink, surprisingly. Yeah, it's not too strong. That's how good it is. So stick around to the end. We're going to give you our rating and reveal the cost per glass. You don't want to miss it. Have you ever been at a church event or maybe fighting for your life in the cold and flu aisle at Target? And someone says, how are you really? I don't like that energy personally. Yeah, because it does feel like I don't want to be one of those people that's just like, oh, how are you? You want to be like, I want to get to the depths. But it always comes from someone who I don't want to talk to at length. Isn't that so true? My friend, my truest friends don't ask that. You're like, Sandra, I'm not gonna, I don't really want to tell you what I'm like. I just tell my friends.

I'm fine.

That's right, that's right.

I don't need to. You're like, Sandra, I'm not going to, I don't really want to tell you what I'm like. I just tell my friends.

I'm fine.

That's right.

That's right.

I don't need to dissect it in Walgreens with Sandra. I get, I get it. Well, I do think, though, you know, how are you really is true when it comes to money? because we hear from you guys listening and watching a lot

that people love to know how they stack up against other people

when... we hear from you guys listening and watching a lot that people love to know how they stack up

against other people when it comes to their money whether it's like debt levels income levels

um housing even like how is my house compared to the median house in america i mean there's a ton

of comparison and not all of it's bad i think there's a ton of comparison. And not a little of it's bad. I think there's a natural

curiosity of how am I doing? So today we're going to focus on the healthy side where it's more of,

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