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This Is Uncomfortable

There’s no place like home

This Is Uncomfortable

Marketplace

Business, News

4.63.6K Ratings

🗓️ 3 December 2020

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

One woman pursues her idea of the American dream — home ownership — only to have it completely backfire.

Transcript

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0:00.0

We know kids have lots of questions and the ones about money can be the most difficult to answer.

0:06.5

That's why you need our podcast, Million Bazzillion.

0:10.0

In every episode we find answers to the tough, surprising, and sometimes awkward questions kids have about money.

0:16.5

Yep, from what is a black market to why do we get paid different amounts and what do grownups do with all their money?

0:23.0

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0:27.0

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0:36.0

So not too long ago, we asked you all, growing up, how did you define success?

0:41.0

And a lot of it came down to money.

0:45.0

Growing up, I thought that success meant being extremely rich, at least a millionaire.

0:52.0

Sandy houses the Manor Public Code.

0:56.0

My first boyfriend told me his mom was having her bathroom repainted and that was really a shocker for me.

1:04.0

I thought, well, one day I'm going to be able to hire someone to do the painting for me.

1:09.0

I'm a second generation immigrant, so success meant that we were going to achieve the American 3.

1:14.0

My idea was to make as much money as I could.

1:18.0

And getting a bachelor's degree and a master's degree, making sure that I had the white pink offense.

1:24.0

Getting to the middle class.

1:30.0

For Renegua Allen Lampair, her idea of success growing up, well, it was pretty specific.

1:36.0

I was going to have a perfect chocolate brown husband who had this like perfect smile with like a perfect suit.

1:47.0

I thought I was going to go to college, maybe in California, and then have this kind of perfect family.

1:56.0

And maybe most importantly, it was having this house, like this kind of amazing home.

2:06.0

In Renegua's mind, owning a home was central to unlocking this dream life.

2:11.0

And it felt within reach when at 25 she found a home she could buy.

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