The Bird Show. We got Bird Show listener Cindy on. She has just come into a big bonus from work,

and she and her husband are disagreeing on what that money should be used for, and she's coming to

us for advice. Hey, Cindy, welcome to The Bird Show. Hey, how's it going? Going good. First,

congrats on the bonus, lady. Thank you. I'm so proud of myself.

Which is probably why you want to spend it on yourself and not on something else.

Okay, so go ahead and lay out. Tell us about the bonus and tell us about what you want to spend it on and what your husband is wanting you to spend it on.

Okay, so I recently earned this $5,000 bonus at work.

Nice.

Yeah.

Don't hate me.

So this, like, obviously is amazing.

I feel like I deserve to spend it on me because obviously this wasn't just handed to me.

Like, I worked my butt off for it.

Like, over the past few months, I've been putting in extra hours, taking additional

projects, like, stepping into a leadership role on this, like, major client deal.

I have spent, like, countless late nights and weekends, making sure everything went smoothly,

dealing with last minute changes, you know, putting out fires.

Like, it's been exhausting.

Like, I gave it my all, and in the end, like, my hard work paid off, which is, you know,

obviously well-earned bonus.

Okay.

And so now that I finally have this extra money, I want to treat myself specifically to a luxury spa weekend and a designer

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