I Was In Debt. Then My Sister Offered Me $16,000.

Death, Sex & Money

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Business, Health & Fitness, Society & Culture, Careers, Relationships, Sexuality

4.6 • 7.6K Ratings

🗓️ 14 April 2021

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

What happened when a 27-year-old listener deep in credit card debt asked their older sister for financial help.

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0:00.0	I know what I'm supposed to do in terms of how to have a stable financial life and building
0:07.4	a future that you want.
0:10.0	I can even just give that advice to other people, but when it comes to trying to compute
0:15.0	it and apply it, my brain just won't do it.
0:21.6	This is Death, Sex, and Money.
0:25.6	To show from WNYC about the things we think about a lot, I need to talk about more.
0:32.7	I'm Anna Sael.
0:41.4	A few weeks ago, a listener were calling Tessa.
0:44.2	Got a text from their sister.
0:46.4	She was like, asking me how my day was going and I just was frank with her.
0:49.8	I'm like, I'm feeling really hopeless right now.
0:53.4	Tessa is 27 and for the past few years, they've been keeping a secret about death.
0:59.6	It's like around 16,500-ish, all credit card debt.
1:06.6	Tessa graduated from a prestigious university five years ago, but has had trouble finding
1:11.4	full-time work.
1:12.9	They felt a series of part-time jobs.
1:15.2	Last year, Tessa told me they earned about $22,000.
1:19.1	Their mounting debt was usually something Tessa avoided talking about.
1:23.8	That day, I was like, I am a wreck.
1:27.3	My sister was just like, how's your day going?
1:28.7	I'm like, badly.
1:30.2	She was like, what's going on?
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