“Stand in your truth.” “Live below your means but within your needs.”
That is the extent of my notes off of this special. See, I tape these pledge specials and then I take copious notes from them. But “copious” didn’t quite happen this time around. Suze Orman is talking a lot about mortgages. I live in an apartment. Now I may buy a house at some point but right now I’m sitting on my sofa in my rented abode looking at a borrowed copy of Home Buying For Dummies sitting on my shelf. (Side note: I didn’t borrow it for myself. My mom was buying a house and hell if I didn’t have any idea how to converse on the subject of home buying. If/when I buy a house, I would appreciate a ditty defining 30 year mortgages sung by an enthusiastic cartoon panda bear. Hopefully, that would make the info stick.)
Now Suze is talking about “standing in your truth” with your family. Don’t lie to your children or indulge them when you can’t afford it. OK, Suze, next time my dog begs for carrots, I’ll tell her to stand in her truth as a dog that will be denied human food. Mallory, live below your means (no baby carrots), but within your needs (kibble).
Controversy! Suze is anti-allowance. She calls it entitlement. “You should be giving your kids ‘work pay’.” Preach, Suze. I had to vacuum and clean bathrooms for my allowance. Alas, it didn’t actually teach me money value. It taught me that vacuuming and cleaning bathrooms suck big ones.
What else did I learn from Suze Orman’s Money Class? Suze thinks the age to start collecting Social Security will be pushed back to close to 70. CDs are crappy right now so invest in stocks that pay dividends…I guess. And finally, Suze apparently gets royalties off the phrases “Roth IRA” and “FICO score”. If not, then she is trying to start a drinking game.
