Real Stories: Angie
What colour are you wearing?
In the Red.
Who taught you about money growing up? Was it discussed in your family?
Nobody! We weren't a family that talked about it around the dinner table either. It was just that era where it was kind of impolite and it was really indiscreet to talk about money.
Do you feel in control of your finances?
I think it still is unfolding. I think I've had a lot of, I guess, beliefs that are probably a little bit old fashioned. I’ve had to unlearn them and unpack them. I think when it comes to relationships, I think I probably had a bit of an old fashioned thought that had been ingrained in me.
For example, one day I’lll have a partner and we'll get married and we'll buy a house together. So that's not necessarily true or that's not necessarily the right decision or there's hundreds of other options of things that you could do.
Do you have any sort of financial regrets?
HEAPS!
Wishing I actually had more discipline and a bit more foresight of where things are gonna go is a big regret of mine and I think everybody has those stories where they have something they should have invested in.
What do you think the biggest challenge is for women regarding finances?
Look, I think just being able to talk about things. And I think in our generation, we've seen a lot of social norms change around conversation, whether that be not necessarily finance, but I just think it's okay to have an open conversation about religion or sexuality or money or all of these things that used to be sort of a bit taboo.
I think just empowering people to be able to say, hey, I've been thinking about this thing and I don't really know where to get that information, rather than scrolling away!