1 00:00:28,639 --> 00:00:32,559 KT: Welcome everybody to the Women and Money podcast, and everyone's 2 00:00:32,560 --> 00:00:37,189 KT: smart enough to listen and smart enough to say happy birthday, SuZe. 3 00:00:37,918 --> 00:00:42,000 KT: Today is her birthday, everybody. It's June 5th. It's a 4 00:00:42,000 --> 00:00:43,388 KT: Gemini day 5 00:00:43,389 --> 00:00:44,490 KT: every 6 00:00:44,490 --> 00:00:48,909 KT: 24 hours of it. Today we have a very special 7 00:00:48,909 --> 00:00:49,590 KT: day planned. 8 00:00:49,880 --> 00:00:49,970 Suze: What 9 00:00:49,970 --> 00:00:50,159 Suze: are you 10 00:00:50,159 --> 00:00:50,799 Suze: doing? 11 00:00:52,180 --> 00:00:55,250 Suze: What are you doing? Because I'm looking at her, everybody, 12 00:00:55,380 --> 00:00:59,139 Suze: and in front of her are her typical questions 13 00:00:59,479 --> 00:01:02,340 KT: Well, little pile of paper, but this is one piece 14 00:01:02,340 --> 00:01:02,529 KT: of 15 00:01:02,529 --> 00:01:02,869 KT: paper. 16 00:01:02,900 --> 00:01:04,040 Suze: So she's up to something. 17 00:01:04,099 --> 00:01:04,580 KT: I'm up 18 00:01:04,580 --> 00:01:06,610 KT: to something really fun. 19 00:01:07,019 --> 00:01:11,199 KT: So we're gonna start first with something Suze wants to 20 00:01:11,199 --> 00:01:14,639 KT: share with all of you, and then we're gonna get 21 00:01:14,639 --> 00:01:18,759 KT: right into it. Get ready, put on your seatbelts, everybody. 22 00:01:18,900 --> 00:01:21,510 Suze: I can't wait to see what we're going to do here, 23 00:01:21,720 --> 00:01:24,050 Suze: but anyway, on May 25th. 24 00:01:24,839 --> 00:01:27,739 Suze: Maybe you heard that podcast. Maybe you didn't, but at 25 00:01:27,739 --> 00:01:33,839 Suze: the end of that podcast was my incredible thank you 26 00:01:34,220 --> 00:01:38,580 Suze: to my co-writer Carla Fried, and it was her birthday 27 00:01:38,580 --> 00:01:42,699 Suze: that day, and I just loved that because I love 28 00:01:42,699 --> 00:01:47,059 Suze: her so much. And then I got this email that 29 00:01:47,059 --> 00:01:49,940 Suze: I'm going to read to you back from her. 30 00:01:50,489 --> 00:01:54,989 Suze: Where she says it's sort of unfair. I need a 31 00:01:54,989 --> 00:01:58,949 Suze: podcast so on June 5th I can share how lucky 32 00:01:58,949 --> 00:02:02,550 Suze: I have been. I am the word person and I 33 00:02:02,550 --> 00:02:06,190 Suze: don't have the right ones to express my gratitude. The 34 00:02:06,190 --> 00:02:10,788 Suze: work is fun and challenging and important. To have a 35 00:02:10,788 --> 00:02:14,029 Suze: role in helping you work your magic and reach so 36 00:02:14,029 --> 00:02:16,100 Suze: many people has been an honor. 37 00:02:16,800 --> 00:02:20,270 Suze: And just as meaningful has been the forging of a 38 00:02:20,270 --> 00:02:24,309 Suze: personal friendship as well. We have been working together for 39 00:02:24,309 --> 00:02:29,740 Suze: 22 years, and I have no other experience of feeling 40 00:02:29,740 --> 00:02:34,639 Suze: just as lucky today as I was 22 years ago. 41 00:02:35,029 --> 00:02:38,630 Suze: You are a constant gift, love, C. 42 00:02:39,070 --> 00:02:43,270 Suze: Now, the reason I wanted to start this podcast off 43 00:02:43,270 --> 00:02:48,110 Suze: with this is because Carla, you now did have a 44 00:02:48,110 --> 00:02:52,509 Suze: podcast you had this podcast so that you could share 45 00:02:52,508 --> 00:02:56,059 Suze: with everybody how lucky you have been. 46 00:02:56,288 --> 00:02:59,399 Suze: But the truth is the two of us together are 47 00:02:59,399 --> 00:03:02,600 Suze: really the dynamic duo, and I hope we get to 48 00:03:02,600 --> 00:03:07,199 Suze: go on for a whole lot longer. So my birthday 49 00:03:07,199 --> 00:03:11,270 Suze: gift back to you for me was reading that on 50 00:03:11,270 --> 00:03:17,160 Suze: the podcast. However, there's another gift that we have for 51 00:03:17,160 --> 00:03:21,229 Suze: all of you who listen to the Women and Money podcast, 52 00:03:21,419 --> 00:03:22,799 Suze: and as you know. 53 00:03:23,139 --> 00:03:26,410 Suze: I have been telling all of you for over 20 54 00:03:26,410 --> 00:03:31,910 Suze: or 30 years now you have to have the must-have documents, 55 00:03:32,199 --> 00:03:37,270 Suze: and as most of you know, the must-have documents are 56 00:03:37,270 --> 00:03:41,360 Suze: a living revocable trust, a will, an advance directive, and 57 00:03:41,360 --> 00:03:44,520 Suze: durable power of attorney for health care, and a financial 58 00:03:44,520 --> 00:03:46,039 Suze: power of attorney. 59 00:03:46,789 --> 00:03:50,270 Suze: And really from the bottom of my heart. 60 00:03:51,750 --> 00:03:55,339 Suze: There is nothing more important that all of you can 61 00:03:55,339 --> 00:04:00,820 Suze: have in place right here and right now. Now, normally 62 00:04:00,820 --> 00:04:06,500 Suze: if you go to musthavedocs.com, which is where you can 63 00:04:06,500 --> 00:04:13,570 Suze: purchase these documents, it's usually $99. But here's the gift 64 00:04:13,570 --> 00:04:14,419 Suze: to all of you. 65 00:04:15,100 --> 00:04:19,678 Suze: Whether you know it or not, I turned 74 today. 66 00:04:20,390 --> 00:04:26,928 Suze: So therefore between today June 5th all the way through 67 00:04:26,928 --> 00:04:30,119 Suze: the end of June 12th, you have one week. 68 00:04:30,809 --> 00:04:39,589 Suze: You can go to musthadocs.com/birthday and get the must-have documents 69 00:04:39,589 --> 00:04:45,409 Suze: for $74. Now I have to tell you that's a 70 00:04:45,410 --> 00:04:48,868 Suze: big deal, and what you need to know about those 71 00:04:48,869 --> 00:04:52,260 Suze: documents is they are, if you went to see an attorney, 72 00:04:52,428 --> 00:04:57,428 Suze: $2500 minimum of state of the art documents. 73 00:04:58,140 --> 00:05:00,980 Suze: Good in all 50 states you can do it in 74 00:05:00,980 --> 00:05:04,260 Suze: the luxury of your own home. Every time you want 75 00:05:04,260 --> 00:05:07,059 Suze: to come back and change something, you're not going to 76 00:05:07,059 --> 00:05:10,649 Suze: be charged when there are updates, you automatically get them. 77 00:05:10,940 --> 00:05:15,579 Suze: So honest to God, everybody, over all these years, millions 78 00:05:15,579 --> 00:05:19,820 Suze: and millions and millions of you have gotten the must-have documents, 79 00:05:19,850 --> 00:05:22,929 Suze: and there has really never been a complaint about them. 80 00:05:23,220 --> 00:05:25,579 Suze: So want to take advantage of it. 81 00:05:26,209 --> 00:05:33,238 Suze: My birthday gift to all of you. Go to musthadocs.com/birthday. 82 00:05:33,970 --> 00:05:39,320 Suze: One last thing, while it is my birthday today. Tomorrow 83 00:05:39,320 --> 00:05:40,609 Suze: is Ethan, 84 00:05:41,670 --> 00:05:45,910 Suze: My cousin, who I love more than life itself, it 85 00:05:45,910 --> 00:05:52,190 Suze: is his birthday. So Ethan, happy, happy birthday. OK KT. 86 00:05:52,350 --> 00:05:56,269 KT: OK, so we have a series of questions here that 87 00:05:56,269 --> 00:05:57,159 KT: we're going to delve into. 88 00:05:57,269 --> 00:05:58,380 Suze: Where'd you get them from? 89 00:05:58,609 --> 00:05:59,500 KT: I made them up. 90 00:05:59,730 --> 00:06:02,799 KT: I made them up. We have a series of questions 91 00:06:02,799 --> 00:06:04,190 KT: that we're going to share. 92 00:06:04,320 --> 00:06:05,320 Suze: Are they about money? 93 00:06:05,519 --> 00:06:09,309 KT: No, they're about you. It's about Suze Orman. How much 94 00:06:09,640 --> 00:06:12,239 KT: that what they don't know anything about you. They know 95 00:06:12,238 --> 00:06:15,450 KT: you're the money lady, but let's find out how much 96 00:06:15,450 --> 00:06:16,279 KT: of a money lady... 97 00:06:16,720 --> 00:06:17,558 Suze: What does that mean, 'they don't know anything about me?' 98 00:06:17,630 --> 00:06:19,428 KT: Nobody knows anything about. 99 00:06:19,760 --> 00:06:21,709 Suze: I've written 10 books about me. 100 00:06:22,600 --> 00:06:26,119 KT: All right, let's start with the first one. Suze, what 101 00:06:26,119 --> 00:06:29,839 KT: is the most valuable money lesson you wish you've learned 102 00:06:29,839 --> 00:06:32,109 KT: when you were much younger? 103 00:06:35,630 --> 00:06:40,980 Suze: Truthfully, that money doesn't define you. You define your money. 104 00:06:41,029 --> 00:06:46,709 Suze: I spent so many years, KT, really wanting to impress 105 00:06:46,709 --> 00:06:50,350 Suze: people with money that I didn't have, and I would 106 00:06:50,350 --> 00:06:55,018 Suze: do everything I could to use that money, including everybody, 107 00:06:55,320 --> 00:06:58,470 Suze: stealing money from my father's pockets. 108 00:06:59,700 --> 00:07:03,160 Suze: So that I could take that money and go and 109 00:07:03,160 --> 00:07:07,399 Suze: buy things for my friends because I felt that everybody 110 00:07:07,399 --> 00:07:11,059 Suze: was better than me cause their parents had more money 111 00:07:11,059 --> 00:07:14,549 Suze: than me, a nicer house than me, nicer clothes, all 112 00:07:14,549 --> 00:07:18,160 Suze: of this stuff. I wish I had known that who 113 00:07:18,160 --> 00:07:19,850 Suze: I was was enough. 114 00:07:20,350 --> 00:07:23,589 Suze: And that money really had nothing to do with any 115 00:07:23,589 --> 00:07:26,140 Suze: part of the definition of Suze Orman. 116 00:07:26,440 --> 00:07:30,329 KT: Mm, very good. So that leads to my next question. 117 00:07:30,619 --> 00:07:35,179 KT: How has your perspective on money and happiness changed as 118 00:07:35,179 --> 00:07:36,690 KT: you've gotten older? 119 00:07:36,899 --> 00:07:39,739 Suze: You know, KT, I've actually written about this and talked 120 00:07:39,739 --> 00:07:41,540 Suze: about this many times. 121 00:07:41,920 --> 00:07:45,339 Suze: But growing up I really thought that the key to 122 00:07:45,339 --> 00:07:50,390 Suze: happiness was money because my parents would fight all the 123 00:07:50,390 --> 00:07:53,980 Suze: time about money and it was about money. They didn't 124 00:07:53,980 --> 00:07:58,399 Suze: have enough, I mean, and it went on and on forever, 125 00:07:58,739 --> 00:08:04,540 Suze: so I really thought that money was the key to happiness. 126 00:08:05,350 --> 00:08:09,480 Suze: And there I am years later and now I'm a 127 00:08:09,480 --> 00:08:13,200 Suze: stockbroker at Merrill Lynch or a financial executive or whatever 128 00:08:13,200 --> 00:08:17,000 Suze: they called us at the time, and I was making 129 00:08:17,000 --> 00:08:17,970 Suze: a lot of money. 130 00:08:19,130 --> 00:08:23,630 Suze: I had like $120,000 in a savings account. I was 131 00:08:23,630 --> 00:08:27,470 Suze: making over $10,000 a month. I mean, for me, I 132 00:08:27,470 --> 00:08:31,320 Suze: was making a lot of money and I was so miserable. 133 00:08:31,390 --> 00:08:34,750 Suze: I can't tell you. So now I'm stuck 134 00:08:35,229 --> 00:08:40,210 Suze: with this dilemma, if money isn't the key to happiness, 135 00:08:40,250 --> 00:08:45,530 Suze: then what is? And KT, that's exactly what sent me 136 00:08:45,530 --> 00:08:49,809 Suze: on like the spiritual journey, so to speak, like, what's 137 00:08:49,809 --> 00:08:53,469 Suze: the key to happiness, everybody? What, what's it all about 138 00:08:53,469 --> 00:08:57,919 Suze: if it's not about money? And that was the beginning 139 00:08:57,919 --> 00:09:00,000 Suze: of Suze Orman truthfully. 140 00:09:00,989 --> 00:09:02,429 KT: How old were you then? 141 00:09:02,940 --> 00:09:07,179 Suze: About 30, yeah I was probably 31, 32 right in there. 142 00:09:09,340 --> 00:09:14,359 KT: OK, so looking back, what's the one financial decision you 143 00:09:14,359 --> 00:09:17,429 KT: made that you're especially proud of? 144 00:09:19,390 --> 00:09:20,900 Suze: Wow, um. 145 00:09:21,659 --> 00:09:25,069 Suze: The one that I made that I'm really proud of, 146 00:09:25,400 --> 00:09:30,679 Suze: which was probably the hardest one was I decided at 147 00:09:30,679 --> 00:09:34,710 Suze: the age of 65 right around there to find out 148 00:09:35,119 --> 00:09:37,080 Suze: who was Suze Orman. 149 00:09:38,099 --> 00:09:41,630 Suze: When she didn't have a standing ovation, when she didn't 150 00:09:41,630 --> 00:09:44,669 Suze: have her own TV show, she didn't write a column 151 00:09:44,669 --> 00:09:47,829 Suze: for Oprah or whatever it may be. She wasn't on 152 00:09:47,830 --> 00:09:53,429 Suze: QVC and all that. What was interesting is I'll never forget... 153 00:09:54,369 --> 00:09:56,140 Suze: Looking at the camera, 154 00:09:57,020 --> 00:10:03,010 Suze: at a live TV show on QVC, having just done 155 00:10:03,010 --> 00:10:04,530 Suze: a million dollar hour. 156 00:10:05,299 --> 00:10:07,130 Suze: And selling out. 157 00:10:07,789 --> 00:10:10,330 Suze: And Rick Domeyer, who is the host, and I still 158 00:10:10,330 --> 00:10:13,880 Suze: love him so much, right, looked and said, 'Don't worry, everybody, 159 00:10:14,090 --> 00:10:16,400 Suze: we'll order more and she'll be back in a month.' 160 00:10:16,650 --> 00:10:19,650 Suze: And I looked right into the camera. I said, no, 161 00:10:19,729 --> 00:10:20,239 Suze: I won't. 162 00:10:21,049 --> 00:10:23,339 Suze: I said this is my last show. I'm done. 163 00:10:24,650 --> 00:10:27,939 Suze: And it was like everything just became very silent. 164 00:10:28,469 --> 00:10:29,440 KT: We thought you were kidding... 165 00:10:29,500 --> 00:10:32,090 Suze: and because you were in the green room watching this, right... 166 00:10:32,549 --> 00:10:34,609 KT: I said, 'what did she just say?' 167 00:10:35,229 --> 00:10:39,869 Suze: But I meant it and that's when I also was like, OK, 168 00:10:40,229 --> 00:10:42,900 Suze: I'm not going to renew for the Suze Orman show, 169 00:10:43,359 --> 00:10:47,030 Suze: on CNBC. I was like, it's over everybody. 170 00:10:47,200 --> 00:10:50,270 KT: She had an epiphany that this was the time to 171 00:10:50,270 --> 00:10:51,479 KT: just stop 172 00:10:54,679 --> 00:10:55,229 KT: everything and find out who... 173 00:10:55,229 --> 00:10:56,880 Suze: ...and sell all of our homes. 174 00:10:57,380 --> 00:11:01,020 Suze: We had 4 or 50 homes. All of them got sold, 175 00:11:01,340 --> 00:11:05,299 Suze: and that's when KT and I essentially moved to this 176 00:11:05,299 --> 00:11:09,609 Suze: little island in the Bahamas to learn how to fish, 177 00:11:10,179 --> 00:11:13,859 Suze: and everybody thought that we had had a nervous breakdown 178 00:11:14,140 --> 00:11:16,859 Suze: and it really was the greatest moment maybe, 179 00:11:17,869 --> 00:11:18,619 Suze: in my life. 180 00:11:18,900 --> 00:11:19,859 KT: My life too. 181 00:11:20,510 --> 00:11:20,619 Suze: Well... 182 00:11:20,640 --> 00:11:23,119 KT: In my life, it took a little while because I, I, 183 00:11:23,309 --> 00:11:27,979 KT: she didn't share this with anybody. It just happened. It 184 00:11:27,979 --> 00:11:32,460 KT: wasn't premeditated on any level. It just, it was 185 00:11:32,460 --> 00:11:34,219 Suze: Spontaneous... 186 00:11:34,219 --> 00:11:37,020 KT: Spontaneity, which is what she's famous for. 187 00:11:37,299 --> 00:11:41,400 Suze: But it felt right, everybody. It felt like that was 188 00:11:41,400 --> 00:11:42,219 Suze: the truth. 189 00:11:42,849 --> 00:11:45,739 Suze: And I was going to stand in it and I 190 00:11:45,739 --> 00:11:48,750 Suze: was going to find out the answer to that question 191 00:11:48,750 --> 00:11:50,890 Suze: because truthfully, KT, you know why. 192 00:11:51,580 --> 00:11:56,030 Suze: I had watched Barbara Walters and Larry King. 193 00:11:56,760 --> 00:12:01,469 Suze: And some other people not being able to stop, they 194 00:12:01,469 --> 00:12:03,950 Suze: let what they were doing define them. 195 00:12:05,289 --> 00:12:08,349 Suze: And I didn't want what I was doing to define me. 196 00:12:08,719 --> 00:12:12,479 Suze: I wanted to define what I was doing, and it 197 00:12:12,479 --> 00:12:15,719 Suze: was such an incredible thing to go from being known 198 00:12:15,719 --> 00:12:19,239 Suze: as the money lady to us being known KT as 199 00:12:19,239 --> 00:12:23,909 Suze: the fishing ladies. What an accomplishment that was. All right. 200 00:12:24,549 --> 00:12:26,799 KT: All right. Here's another one. So Suze. 201 00:12:27,520 --> 00:12:29,440 Suze: Where did you get these? You just wrote them all down? 202 00:12:29,440 --> 00:12:31,500 KT: I wrote down a whole bunch of different ones and 203 00:12:31,500 --> 00:12:34,239 KT: I'll mix them up a little bit. After you made 204 00:12:34,239 --> 00:12:38,989 KT: those big decisions, how do you celebrate financial milestones? 205 00:12:39,359 --> 00:12:41,939 Suze: Like what? Like, give me an example, KT. 206 00:12:42,799 --> 00:12:46,359 KT: Well, like having like one of those million dollar hours 207 00:12:46,359 --> 00:12:51,080 KT: on QVC. How do you celebrate that? Share that with everyone. 208 00:12:51,559 --> 00:12:53,960 KT: I was there. Those are milestones. 209 00:12:53,960 --> 00:12:58,849 Suze: Well, you know, it was always a thing on QVC 210 00:12:59,200 --> 00:13:02,150 Suze: that if you could do a million dollars in an hour. 211 00:13:02,940 --> 00:13:07,450 Suze: That was really a great show because most people, they 212 00:13:07,450 --> 00:13:12,750 Suze: did maybe $300,000 or $680,000 are right in there, but 213 00:13:12,750 --> 00:13:17,949 Suze: a million dollars in one hour and KT was there 214 00:13:17,950 --> 00:13:22,119 Suze: in the green room watching and there I was on set. 215 00:13:23,250 --> 00:13:27,760 Suze: And we had a million dollars and I came back 216 00:13:27,760 --> 00:13:30,239 Suze: when the show was over and said, we just did 217 00:13:30,239 --> 00:13:33,669 Suze: a million dollars. We have to go celebrate. This is 218 00:13:33,669 --> 00:13:38,669 Suze: a big deal, KT and I'll let you tell everybody 219 00:13:38,919 --> 00:13:39,968 Suze: how we celebrated. 220 00:13:40,320 --> 00:13:42,000 KT: All right, first of all, it must have been about... 221 00:13:42,479 --> 00:13:46,718 KT: maybe 11:30 at night that we were in Pennsylvania at 222 00:13:46,719 --> 00:13:50,968 KT: the QVC studios driving our own car back to New 223 00:13:50,969 --> 00:13:54,689 KT: York and we would pass on the highway over and 224 00:13:54,690 --> 00:14:01,809 KT: over again those golden arches, the forbidden golden arches, those 225 00:14:01,969 --> 00:14:07,559 KT: hot crispy french fries, that double cheeseburger with no ketchup... 226 00:14:07,890 --> 00:14:09,979 Suze: But onions go on. So tell them... 227 00:14:10,119 --> 00:14:12,890 KT: So Susie said, KT, I know what I want. I, 228 00:14:12,969 --> 00:14:16,369 KT: I want, I want to stop at McDonald's and that 229 00:14:16,369 --> 00:14:21,450 KT: became our million dollar hour treat and celebration. 230 00:14:21,909 --> 00:14:24,130 KT: And we would pull in and she would be so 231 00:14:24,130 --> 00:14:28,280 KT: happy and we would go through the window, place our order, 232 00:14:28,440 --> 00:14:32,010 KT: eat in the car, get all dirty and messy spilling 233 00:14:32,010 --> 00:14:35,250 KT: all kinds of things, and she was as happy as 234 00:14:35,250 --> 00:14:35,880 KT: could be. 235 00:14:36,049 --> 00:14:40,609 Suze: So that's how I celebrated it was a long, long 236 00:14:40,609 --> 00:14:45,130 Suze: time because the million dollar hours then came quite often. Yes. 237 00:14:47,530 --> 00:14:49,770 KT: OK, so here's a good one. 238 00:14:50,599 --> 00:14:53,419 KT: Just a just a a most well, I don't know... 239 00:14:53,419 --> 00:14:56,659 Suze: Wait before you say anything, I wish you could see 240 00:14:56,659 --> 00:14:59,940 Suze: I should take a picture of this KT's little paper 241 00:14:59,940 --> 00:15:03,419 Suze: in front of her with with all her scribbles, her 242 00:15:03,419 --> 00:15:07,650 Suze: handwriting and everything. So, I'll take a picture of this, 243 00:15:07,659 --> 00:15:11,099 Suze: but I want that one when I'm going to... all 244 00:15:11,099 --> 00:15:14,390 Suze: of you may not know this, but I have saved 245 00:15:14,880 --> 00:15:20,869 Suze: everything for 25 years now that KT has ever written, 246 00:15:21,119 --> 00:15:25,559 Suze: whether it's a little heart or 'here's your lunch,' whatever 247 00:15:25,559 --> 00:15:29,479 Suze: it may be and I have it's a lot I 248 00:15:29,479 --> 00:15:32,039 Suze: have right because even if she wrote my name: 249 00:15:32,309 --> 00:15:36,419 Suze: Suze, on a card, I would save it like an envelope. 250 00:15:36,830 --> 00:15:39,070 Suze: So I'm going to have to save this one. OK. 251 00:15:39,169 --> 00:15:42,070 KT: Let's go down memory lane. What's the, I, I hope 252 00:15:42,070 --> 00:15:45,270 KT: I'm part of this one, the answer. What's the best 253 00:15:45,270 --> 00:15:49,429 KT: birthday present you've ever received and was it money related? 254 00:15:50,140 --> 00:15:52,919 Suze: Well, no, it never would have been money related. The 255 00:15:52,919 --> 00:15:54,390 Suze: best present... 256 00:15:56,119 --> 00:15:57,190 Suze: For a birthday? 257 00:15:57,440 --> 00:16:02,289 KT: Your birthday that you've ever received, could have been a 258 00:16:02,289 --> 00:16:05,229 KT: be more than one if you think about it. 259 00:16:06,640 --> 00:16:12,270 Suze: Oh boy, probably the one that surprised me the most 260 00:16:12,270 --> 00:16:16,739 Suze: because they're all the best was you taking me across 261 00:16:16,739 --> 00:16:19,380 Suze: from where we live. There's another little beach going.. 262 00:16:19,380 --> 00:16:22,109 KT: We have a beach on the east side and we 263 00:16:22,109 --> 00:16:24,549 KT: have a beach on the west side of this skinny 264 00:16:24,549 --> 00:16:25,330 KT: little island. 265 00:16:25,469 --> 00:16:30,409 Suze: right? So KT took me to the east side and 266 00:16:31,210 --> 00:16:34,049 Suze: It was like this little treasure hunt that I had 267 00:16:34,049 --> 00:16:38,289 Suze: to dig up these things, and finally I found one 268 00:16:38,289 --> 00:16:41,000 Suze: and I dug it up and it was a book. 269 00:16:41,650 --> 00:16:44,969 KT: Well, it was a treasure chest, all right, and it 270 00:16:44,969 --> 00:16:46,799 KT: was buried in the sand. 271 00:16:47,090 --> 00:16:47,919 Suze: That's right that's right, 272 00:16:47,929 --> 00:16:52,450 KT: and there were gold coins scattered around it and you 273 00:16:52,450 --> 00:16:54,640 KT: were so you said I found them. I found them. 274 00:16:54,650 --> 00:16:58,169 KT: I found the gold. We were playing pirate and tell 275 00:16:58,169 --> 00:16:58,890 KT: them what was in it. 276 00:16:59,049 --> 00:17:00,849 Suze: So then when I opened it up. 277 00:17:01,169 --> 00:17:06,119 Suze: Right, there was a book that KT had literally had 278 00:17:06,119 --> 00:17:11,109 Suze: printed a professional book, a real book bound book bound, right, with, 279 00:17:11,589 --> 00:17:16,989 Suze: with with not sayings but letters and, and birthday wishes 280 00:17:16,989 --> 00:17:21,050 Suze: and memories from all of my friends and it was 281 00:17:21,050 --> 00:17:25,910 Suze: and family and everybody and it was an extraordinary feat 282 00:17:26,560 --> 00:17:30,280 Suze: to get that together and create that so. 283 00:17:31,119 --> 00:17:34,160 Suze: That was great, but you know what else I really loved? 284 00:17:34,329 --> 00:17:34,959 KT: Well, what else? 285 00:17:35,199 --> 00:17:36,109 Suze: The coin. 286 00:17:37,640 --> 00:17:37,699 KT: Oh, 287 00:17:37,760 --> 00:17:41,869 Suze: and I think out of all this stuff, KT, that coin, KT, 288 00:17:41,959 --> 00:17:44,550 Suze: you tell them about our experience with the military. 289 00:17:45,099 --> 00:17:49,718 KT: So, so Suze and I, um, when she was touring 290 00:17:49,719 --> 00:17:51,619 KT: and we were on the road and 291 00:17:51,780 --> 00:17:54,500 KT: constantly going out, she said KT, I want to do 292 00:17:54,500 --> 00:17:57,619 KT: something to give back to our country, just something that 293 00:17:57,619 --> 00:18:00,780 KT: she felt very compelled that she needed to do, it 294 00:18:00,780 --> 00:18:04,819 KT: was to help the military members and the families of 295 00:18:04,819 --> 00:18:08,459 KT: all branches of the military. So wherever we went on tour, 296 00:18:08,540 --> 00:18:12,020 KT: we would ask to be invited and allowed to go 297 00:18:12,020 --> 00:18:14,780 KT: on a base and give a talk, a free talk. 298 00:18:15,099 --> 00:18:18,439 KT: And this is when Suze was in the highest, highest 299 00:18:18,439 --> 00:18:23,339 KT: demand of speaking engagements. So whenever we would visit the bases, 300 00:18:23,729 --> 00:18:29,449 KT: the head commander or the general on duty would thank Suze, yeah, 301 00:18:29,599 --> 00:18:33,069 KT: and present her with his coin, 302 00:18:33,170 --> 00:18:38,030 Suze: Right? So every armed forces, all of the divisions, each, 303 00:18:39,530 --> 00:18:43,139 Suze: but each squadron has their own coin. 304 00:18:43,670 --> 00:18:46,180 Suze: Including the President of the United States... 305 00:18:46,390 --> 00:18:47,510 KT: Presidential coin, right? 306 00:18:47,510 --> 00:18:50,670 Suze: ... who I got one from, but anyway, and when 307 00:18:50,670 --> 00:18:52,329 Suze: you've done something 308 00:18:53,209 --> 00:18:55,599 Suze: that money can't buy. 309 00:18:56,489 --> 00:19:01,250 Suze: Then the head, the admiral or the head officer of 310 00:19:01,250 --> 00:19:07,290 Suze: that base presents you with their coin and the 311 00:19:07,290 --> 00:19:10,640 KT: highest honor of a thank you that you can receive 312 00:19:10,640 --> 00:19:14,599 Suze: and, and it's the actual only thing that I collect. 313 00:19:14,969 --> 00:19:18,030 Suze: KT will tell you I am not a clutter person. 314 00:19:18,560 --> 00:19:21,719 Suze: Like I would throw everything away if I could. Like 315 00:19:21,719 --> 00:19:24,400 Suze: sometimes she has to stop me, and she's afraid that 316 00:19:24,400 --> 00:19:27,000 Suze: when she leaves the house for a while, when she 317 00:19:27,000 --> 00:19:30,829 Suze: comes back, certain things will be gone cause I'm like, Hey, 318 00:19:31,160 --> 00:19:33,780 Suze: if you're not using it, I'm giving it away so 319 00:19:33,780 --> 00:19:38,420 Suze: somebody else could use it. But anyway, then I found 320 00:19:38,420 --> 00:19:39,920 Suze: out about this tradition. 321 00:19:40,310 --> 00:19:44,300 Suze: It's called you're coined. Like if somebody comes up to 322 00:19:44,300 --> 00:19:47,780 Suze: you and presents their coin to you, because all the 323 00:19:47,780 --> 00:19:52,050 Suze: people in these divisions, they all had coins of their squadron, 324 00:19:52,130 --> 00:19:55,180 Suze: and if they presented a coin to you and you 325 00:19:55,180 --> 00:19:58,459 Suze: didn't have a coin, you'd have to buy them a drink. 326 00:19:58,459 --> 00:19:59,239 KT: Coin check it was called. 327 00:19:59,239 --> 00:20:02,140 Suze: And if you did have a coin, they'd have to 328 00:20:02,140 --> 00:20:03,449 Suze: buy you a drink. 329 00:20:05,339 --> 00:20:05,800 KT: Everyone 330 00:20:05,800 --> 00:20:08,520 KT: would throw their coins down in the canteen when Suze 331 00:20:08,520 --> 00:20:12,239 KT: walked in, which meant Suze Orman bought everyone drinks, and 332 00:20:12,239 --> 00:20:13,589 KT: she loved doing this. 333 00:20:13,719 --> 00:20:17,919 Suze: So KT designed as a gift to me, one of 334 00:20:17,920 --> 00:20:20,919 Suze: my presents, my own coin. 335 00:20:21,369 --> 00:20:25,958 Suze: And it was so incredible and then I actually had 336 00:20:25,959 --> 00:20:27,270 Suze: thousands made. 337 00:20:27,599 --> 00:20:31,000 KT: Yeah, we had it minted by the United States military. 338 00:20:31,670 --> 00:20:35,760 Suze: And on one of my shows on QVC for the 339 00:20:35,760 --> 00:20:41,000 Suze: Women and Money book, it came with that coin, but 340 00:20:41,000 --> 00:20:43,119 Suze: it was always so great for me to be able 341 00:20:43,119 --> 00:20:46,760 Suze: to go on a base and coin check people with 342 00:20:46,760 --> 00:20:50,800 Suze: my own coin and present my coin to the head 343 00:20:51,410 --> 00:20:54,810 Suze: Officer, as well we would exchange them as I did 344 00:20:54,810 --> 00:20:57,290 Suze: with President Obama. All right, KT. 345 00:20:57,650 --> 00:21:00,449 KT: We'll make sure when we're finished with the podcast we'll 346 00:21:00,449 --> 00:21:04,770 KT: post a photo of her coin front and back, all right, 347 00:21:04,849 --> 00:21:06,619 KT: and what it means, and you can go look at 348 00:21:06,619 --> 00:21:07,880 KT: that on Sunday. 349 00:21:08,170 --> 00:21:09,199 Suze: Why not today? 350 00:21:09,569 --> 00:21:11,650 KT: Because they should look at it on Sunday. It'll take 351 00:21:11,650 --> 00:21:14,209 KT: me a little while to photograph it and get it 352 00:21:14,209 --> 00:21:16,040 KT: put up. Take me a little bit. 353 00:21:16,040 --> 00:21:16,899 Suze: Slowpoke. 354 00:21:17,050 --> 00:21:19,219 KT: Yeah. All right, so Suze. 355 00:21:19,890 --> 00:21:20,400 Suze: KT. 356 00:21:21,319 --> 00:21:24,479 KT: Ready? Here's a good one. What song comes to mind 357 00:21:24,479 --> 00:21:27,069 KT: when you think about celebrating your birthday? 358 00:21:27,757 --> 00:21:31,189 Suze: Oh, KT, I have a favorite song these days, right? 359 00:21:31,199 --> 00:21:33,879 Suze: And you know, I play it all the time and 360 00:21:34,199 --> 00:21:36,540 Suze: it's we dance to this, we dance to this and 361 00:21:36,540 --> 00:21:40,800 Suze: it's by Rose and Bruno Mars, and it's, it's called 362 00:21:40,800 --> 00:21:44,000 Suze: APT because it's the apartment thing that they 363 00:21:44,000 --> 00:21:44,310 Suze: do. 364 00:21:44,479 --> 00:21:46,649 KT: '... You want me like I want you. 365 00:21:46,864 --> 00:21:47,155 KT: Baby... 366 00:21:47,805 --> 00:21:51,265 Suze: don't you need me like I need you now.' That's 367 00:21:51,265 --> 00:21:53,594 Suze: my favorite line I played over and over again. 368 00:21:53,864 --> 00:21:59,185 KT: So Suze, how would you describe your perfect birthday menu breakfast, lunch, 369 00:21:59,204 --> 00:21:59,734 KT: and dinner? 370 00:21:59,984 --> 00:22:01,665 Suze: Well, I have to tell you it would be things 371 00:22:01,665 --> 00:22:03,665 Suze: that I never get to eat. And if I could 372 00:22:03,665 --> 00:22:08,474 Suze: eat anything in this world, right? I would eat in 373 00:22:08,474 --> 00:22:14,524 Suze: Uno's pizza, OK, right, that would probably be dinner. I, um, 374 00:22:14,944 --> 00:22:15,864 Suze: I would eat. 375 00:22:16,520 --> 00:22:21,079 Suze: From Oakland, this one place that does hot sausages that 376 00:22:21,079 --> 00:22:24,010 Suze: I loved more than life itself. It was called a 377 00:22:24,010 --> 00:22:26,239 Suze: Top Dog or something like that. I would have a 378 00:22:26,239 --> 00:22:33,560 Suze: hot sausage, spicy as could be, and I would have... 379 00:22:35,339 --> 00:22:39,329 Suze: ...probably for breakfast. Oh, I would have a huge waffle 380 00:22:39,699 --> 00:22:44,500 Suze: or pancakes with lots of butter and syrup. I would 381 00:22:44,500 --> 00:22:47,739 Suze: have all those things, all those things that I'm not 382 00:22:47,739 --> 00:22:48,050 Suze: allowed to. 383 00:22:48,300 --> 00:22:50,689 KT: She's as healthy as ever, everybody. 384 00:22:51,520 --> 00:22:55,189 KT: So here's another fun one. Suze, if you could wear 385 00:22:55,189 --> 00:23:00,188 KT: anything from your wardrobe since the year 2000, since the millennium, 386 00:23:00,560 --> 00:23:03,839 KT: what would it look like? What would that outfit be, Suze? 387 00:23:03,880 --> 00:23:08,569 KT: What are some of your favorite memory lane, fashionista? 388 00:23:08,719 --> 00:23:10,810 Suze: Is it for if we dress up to go out? 389 00:23:10,819 --> 00:23:11,439 KT: Oh, no, no, just 390 00:23:11,439 --> 00:23:14,400 KT: every day, every day. What are your favorite things to 391 00:23:14,400 --> 00:23:14,680 KT: wear? 392 00:23:14,839 --> 00:23:17,399 Suze: Oh, my favorite things to wear are my cowboy boots 393 00:23:17,400 --> 00:23:20,709 Suze: that are over 30 years old now, by the way. 394 00:23:21,229 --> 00:23:25,160 Suze: Um, and I have them in black as well as 395 00:23:25,160 --> 00:23:29,520 Suze: regular suede. I think you have, yeah, they're Satori's and 396 00:23:29,520 --> 00:23:33,000 Suze: they don't make this these anymore anymore, right, but I 397 00:23:33,000 --> 00:23:36,719 Suze: love them and so I would probably wear. 398 00:23:38,239 --> 00:23:40,829 Suze: Boy, it just depends if I'm thin or heavy. 399 00:23:41,619 --> 00:23:43,839 KT: Let's say you're perfect. Let's 400 00:23:43,839 --> 00:23:45,079 KT: say you're the perfect size. 401 00:23:45,939 --> 00:23:50,880 KT: What would you be putting on from that incredible closet 402 00:23:50,880 --> 00:23:51,510 KT: of yours? 403 00:23:51,680 --> 00:23:51,880 Suze: I 404 00:23:51,880 --> 00:23:53,000 Suze: put on really tight, 405 00:23:53,074 --> 00:23:57,635 Suze: blue jeans, believe it or not, and my, my suede 406 00:23:57,635 --> 00:24:02,775 Suze: cowboy boots, my brown Rick Owen jacket that I still 407 00:24:02,775 --> 00:24:06,584 Suze: have leather jacket, the leather jacket. I would have my 408 00:24:06,584 --> 00:24:11,584 Suze: colorful scarf, right, that Bonnie gave you that I stole... 409 00:24:11,584 --> 00:24:12,214 KT: You stole from me. 410 00:24:12,425 --> 00:24:16,275 Suze: I stole it from you and I love that and 411 00:24:16,275 --> 00:24:18,135 Suze: some cool pair of sunglasses. 412 00:24:18,505 --> 00:24:19,844 KT: And what about jewelry? 413 00:24:20,949 --> 00:24:22,179 KT: Same, same, same, 414 00:24:22,229 --> 00:24:23,169 Suze: I don't really care about my jewelry. 415 00:24:23,670 --> 00:24:23,709 KT: Well, 416 00:24:23,829 --> 00:24:23,919 KT: no, 417 00:24:23,989 --> 00:24:26,189 KT: you have to tell everybody they don't know that you 418 00:24:26,189 --> 00:24:27,540 KT: wear the same jewelry. 419 00:24:27,790 --> 00:24:32,500 Suze: My earrings and my ring, my wedding ring and my 420 00:24:32,800 --> 00:24:35,810 Suze: little thin necklace I wear around my neck. I don't 421 00:24:35,810 --> 00:24:36,939 Suze: wear a watch anymore. 422 00:24:37,890 --> 00:24:40,719 KT: But you used to wear all she had the most 423 00:24:40,719 --> 00:24:42,760 KT: exquisite watch collection. Loved 424 00:24:42,760 --> 00:24:43,160 KT: watches. 425 00:24:43,359 --> 00:24:45,290 Suze: Yeah, now it's like I'm just like, oh what a 426 00:24:45,290 --> 00:24:47,089 Suze: waste of time and money. Anyway. 427 00:24:48,800 --> 00:24:52,239 KT: Suze, what's the most surprising thing about getting older that 428 00:24:52,239 --> 00:24:53,560 KT: no one talks about? 429 00:24:55,449 --> 00:24:58,380 Suze: Well, I think people talk about it all the time 430 00:24:58,380 --> 00:25:01,010 Suze: and I remember KT we used to go with my 431 00:25:01,010 --> 00:25:05,179 Suze: mom and we used to go to that flea market, right, 432 00:25:05,260 --> 00:25:07,629 Suze: and she used to just love it and she would 433 00:25:07,630 --> 00:25:10,989 Suze: sit there and eat a hot dog and you know, 434 00:25:11,099 --> 00:25:14,670 Suze: and dill pickles and things like that and we'd be 435 00:25:14,670 --> 00:25:17,189 Suze: able to hear all these older people talking. 436 00:25:17,510 --> 00:25:22,139 Suze: And they always talked about their doctor appointments and this 437 00:25:22,140 --> 00:25:24,739 Suze: and that and we just would look at each other 438 00:25:24,739 --> 00:25:27,969 Suze: and say please don't let us get to the point 439 00:25:28,140 --> 00:25:32,219 Suze: where all we talk about are our doctor appointments and 440 00:25:32,219 --> 00:25:35,649 Suze: so people talk about it a lot, but what's surprising 441 00:25:35,650 --> 00:25:38,169 Suze: is you never think you're going to be that person 442 00:25:38,459 --> 00:25:42,000 Suze: that talks about it all the time and I can't 443 00:25:42,000 --> 00:25:43,859 Suze: believe truthfully everybody. 444 00:25:44,520 --> 00:25:48,800 Suze: How often we talk about doctors and our appointments and 445 00:25:48,800 --> 00:25:54,099 Suze: our health. May you all grow old and stay healthy. 446 00:25:54,689 --> 00:25:58,839 Suze: May you all grow old and stay strong. May you 447 00:25:58,839 --> 00:26:02,709 Suze: all grow old and have enough money that you never 448 00:26:02,709 --> 00:26:06,160 Suze: have to think about it, and it's always there for you. 449 00:26:06,410 --> 00:26:10,780 Suze: And may you all grow old and have your strength 450 00:26:10,780 --> 00:26:15,910 Suze: and your balance and your ability to sit down and 451 00:26:15,910 --> 00:26:19,709 Suze: get up and jump and run and do everything that 452 00:26:19,709 --> 00:26:20,510 Suze: you've done... 453 00:26:21,469 --> 00:26:23,198 Suze: When you were a child. 454 00:26:24,270 --> 00:26:27,560 Suze: May that be true for all of you. The truth is. 455 00:26:28,449 --> 00:26:33,160 Suze: It's not easy getting older, especially if you have health problems, 456 00:26:33,219 --> 00:26:36,109 Suze: which many of you know I've encountered over the past 457 00:26:36,109 --> 00:26:40,079 Suze: 5 years, actually longer than that if I think about it, 458 00:26:40,439 --> 00:26:42,839 Suze: and so that's it, that's hard. 459 00:26:44,199 --> 00:26:48,790 Suze: You see people getting older and you see what that's like, 460 00:26:48,800 --> 00:26:52,040 Suze: and you helping them and things like that, but you 461 00:26:52,040 --> 00:26:53,879 Suze: never think that's gonna be you. 462 00:26:56,189 --> 00:26:59,708 KT: Suze, which birthday did you decide to stand in your 463 00:26:59,709 --> 00:27:02,599 KT: truth no matter what the consequences? 464 00:27:02,910 --> 00:27:05,978 Suze: Well, that was easy. It was my 50th, you know, 465 00:27:05,989 --> 00:27:10,030 Suze: it was my 50th birthday when I really met KT. 466 00:27:11,000 --> 00:27:13,849 Suze: And KT and I really came together, so to speak, 467 00:27:13,939 --> 00:27:18,260 Suze: as one, and I decided because I was in a 468 00:27:18,260 --> 00:27:21,300 Suze: relationship with somebody else and had been so for like 469 00:27:21,300 --> 00:27:24,698 Suze: 8 or 9 years, and the truth be told, it 470 00:27:24,699 --> 00:27:27,699 Suze: was a horrific relationship for both of us. It was 471 00:27:27,699 --> 00:27:29,640 Suze: not a comment on whether she was a good or 472 00:27:29,640 --> 00:27:36,530 Suze: bad person, just together we did not belong together, and 473 00:27:36,979 --> 00:27:39,619 Suze: I don't know why I didn't have the courage to 474 00:27:39,619 --> 00:27:40,419 Suze: just leave it. 475 00:27:41,189 --> 00:27:45,050 Suze: You know, it, it long before me, long before KT, 476 00:27:45,339 --> 00:27:49,369 Suze: and it really didn't matter because I was so busy. 477 00:27:49,819 --> 00:27:53,050 Suze: I was never home. I was never with her. It 478 00:27:53,050 --> 00:27:55,540 Suze: was not a big deal. I had my own apartment 479 00:27:55,540 --> 00:27:59,449 Suze: in New York. Everywhere I went, I went by myself 480 00:27:59,449 --> 00:28:00,900 Suze: with Mary Burn. 481 00:28:01,469 --> 00:28:04,750 Suze: Who was my assistant and we would have the best 482 00:28:04,750 --> 00:28:09,310 Suze: time and so I wasn't missing anything. I wasn't lacking 483 00:28:09,310 --> 00:28:13,679 Suze: anything so I thought in my life until 484 00:28:14,410 --> 00:28:19,479 Suze: That night at dinner I met KT, and the only 485 00:28:19,479 --> 00:28:22,560 Suze: reason I was there at her house for dinner is 486 00:28:22,560 --> 00:28:25,599 Suze: the woman I was with at the time said, we're 487 00:28:25,599 --> 00:28:28,739 Suze: going to this woman's house for dinner, da da da da. 488 00:28:28,920 --> 00:28:31,630 Suze: Long story, but we go and I meet KT. 489 00:28:32,760 --> 00:28:35,979 Suze: And it was that meeting of KT. 490 00:28:37,280 --> 00:28:40,260 Suze: And seen a spark of life. 491 00:28:41,040 --> 00:28:45,699 Suze: That my life was missing. I didn't have that spark 492 00:28:45,699 --> 00:28:50,420 Suze: in my personal life. Happy, just happy. I had that 493 00:28:50,420 --> 00:28:54,579 Suze: spark in my professional life and I lit when I 494 00:28:54,579 --> 00:28:59,329 Suze: went on stage. I like was so alive on TV 495 00:28:59,579 --> 00:29:02,920 Suze: and everything, but when all of that shut down and 496 00:29:02,920 --> 00:29:05,339 Suze: then I came home to my own apartment. 497 00:29:06,000 --> 00:29:10,089 Suze: I was alone. I was in these magnificent suites all 498 00:29:10,089 --> 00:29:14,380 Suze: by myself, and there was very few that I had 499 00:29:14,380 --> 00:29:17,939 Suze: to share that with. And then KT and I started 500 00:29:17,939 --> 00:29:21,770 Suze: to talk, you know, by a fluke set of circumstances, 501 00:29:22,300 --> 00:29:25,540 Suze: and that's when I realized that I was settling in 502 00:29:25,540 --> 00:29:26,349 Suze: my life. 503 00:29:27,180 --> 00:29:30,930 Suze: And I was not standing in my truth, and I 504 00:29:30,930 --> 00:29:34,290 Suze: decided I was not going to start my 50th year 505 00:29:34,290 --> 00:29:35,250 Suze: in a lie. 506 00:29:36,010 --> 00:29:38,239 Suze: And the lie would have been if I stayed in 507 00:29:38,239 --> 00:29:44,939 Suze: the relationship and therefore, that's when I really stood in 508 00:29:44,939 --> 00:29:49,219 Suze: my truth and boy am I happy that I did 509 00:29:49,219 --> 00:29:49,969 KT: too. 510 00:29:50,959 --> 00:29:53,680 KT: Me too, Suze. All right, let's do a fun one. 511 00:29:53,880 --> 00:29:58,670 KT: What was the most meaningful birthday gift you ever gave yourself? 512 00:29:58,989 --> 00:29:59,839 Suze: Oh boy. 513 00:30:00,719 --> 00:30:01,189 Suze: Well 514 00:30:01,859 --> 00:30:04,380 Suze: You're all gonna laugh at me for this one. I 515 00:30:04,380 --> 00:30:07,459 Suze: know KT knows it, which is why she's probably 516 00:30:07,459 --> 00:30:09,020 KT: asking this question. 517 00:30:09,140 --> 00:30:09,819 KT: I, I do 518 00:30:09,819 --> 00:30:10,319 KT: know it. 519 00:30:11,140 --> 00:30:14,780 Suze: ...Is that when I was younger, my parents, as I've 520 00:30:14,780 --> 00:30:18,339 Suze: told you, had a whole lot of financial problems. They 521 00:30:18,339 --> 00:30:22,260 Suze: just did for many reasons and a lot of the 522 00:30:22,260 --> 00:30:27,770 Suze: birthday parties that I would go to or whatever, my friends, 523 00:30:28,219 --> 00:30:29,739 Suze: their parents had money. 524 00:30:30,160 --> 00:30:34,209 Suze: And they would bring in these little horses, little like, 525 00:30:34,219 --> 00:30:37,619 Suze: you know, a little pony, and, and you'd get to 526 00:30:37,619 --> 00:30:42,250 Suze: dress up with this, this like vest, a cowboy vest 527 00:30:42,250 --> 00:30:45,619 Suze: and a thing, and you got to sit on the 528 00:30:45,619 --> 00:30:49,619 Suze: little pony and have your picture taken, and I remember 529 00:30:49,619 --> 00:30:51,260 Suze: thinking wow. 530 00:30:52,109 --> 00:30:55,089 Suze: I wish I could do that. So here I am 531 00:30:55,089 --> 00:30:58,099 Suze: years later in my mid-twenties now. 532 00:30:58,979 --> 00:31:04,739 Suze: Working at the Buttercup Bakery, $400 a month, and I 533 00:31:04,739 --> 00:31:06,530 Suze: decided I was gonna save. 534 00:31:07,189 --> 00:31:09,739 Suze: And I was going to do that. 535 00:31:10,420 --> 00:31:13,130 Suze: And I can't remember how much it was, even I 536 00:31:13,130 --> 00:31:17,819 Suze: wish I could, but I found somebody who brought to 537 00:31:17,819 --> 00:31:21,410 Suze: the Buttercup bakery this little pony. 538 00:31:22,500 --> 00:31:25,939 Suze: And I had the little vest and only fit over 539 00:31:26,300 --> 00:31:30,780 Suze: one of my, you know, shoulders, right, and the little 540 00:31:30,780 --> 00:31:34,030 Suze: fringe cowboy vest, yeah, and the hat, and I had 541 00:31:34,030 --> 00:31:35,550 Suze: my picture taken. 542 00:31:36,520 --> 00:31:39,859 Suze: On it and I just felt so complete like 543 00:31:40,630 --> 00:31:44,859 Suze: I can have anything that I want. Now why I 544 00:31:44,859 --> 00:31:47,020 Suze: would want that again as I think about it is 545 00:31:47,020 --> 00:31:50,089 Suze: beyond me, but it was a goal and I accomplished 546 00:31:50,219 --> 00:31:52,699 Suze: the goal. KT, do you have that picture somewhere? 547 00:31:52,810 --> 00:31:53,449 KT: We do. 548 00:31:54,140 --> 00:31:57,760 KT: So we need to I have to, it's probably in storage, 549 00:31:57,890 --> 00:32:00,930 KT: so we'll have to, everyone has to be patient and 550 00:32:00,930 --> 00:32:03,609 KT: hopefully on Sunday I might post a whole lot of 551 00:32:03,609 --> 00:32:07,479 KT: photos in memory of Suze's birthday podcast. 552 00:32:07,699 --> 00:32:08,079 Suze: All right. 553 00:32:08,290 --> 00:32:10,890 KT: As we wrap this up, this little birthday podcast. 554 00:32:11,130 --> 00:32:13,760 Suze: Thank you for doing this podcast. Did you have fun? 555 00:32:14,150 --> 00:32:17,250 KT: I did. I hope everyone likes listening to it, but 556 00:32:17,250 --> 00:32:18,209 KT: as we... 557 00:32:18,209 --> 00:32:19,520 Suze: Did we get to half of your questions? 558 00:32:20,130 --> 00:32:22,890 KT: No, I only, I asked about a third. I have 559 00:32:22,890 --> 00:32:25,650 KT: so many more, but um you have to wait till 560 00:32:25,650 --> 00:32:29,979 KT: next year, everybody for her half birthday, which is December 5th. 561 00:32:30,290 --> 00:32:39,729 KT: So on today, your birthday June 5th, 2025, 6/5/25, what 562 00:32:39,729 --> 00:32:42,760 KT: is it that you want to wish? 563 00:32:45,239 --> 00:32:45,609 Suze: Hm. 564 00:32:46,739 --> 00:32:49,300 Suze: Well, if there was ever a time that the world 565 00:32:49,300 --> 00:32:56,530 Suze: needed peace and understanding and acceptance of everybody. 566 00:32:57,579 --> 00:33:01,939 Suze: No matter your race or your religion or your beliefs. 567 00:33:02,729 --> 00:33:04,829 Suze: If there was ever a time 568 00:33:05,729 --> 00:33:08,310 Suze: that everybody 569 00:33:09,959 --> 00:33:14,560 Suze: was kind to one another and all this fighting throughout 570 00:33:14,560 --> 00:33:15,829 Suze: the world stopped. 571 00:33:17,010 --> 00:33:23,459 Suze: And that Ukraine finally had peace, that Gaza finally had peace, 572 00:33:24,030 --> 00:33:26,229 Suze: that people had a home again. 573 00:33:27,089 --> 00:33:28,699 Suze: Nobody was starving. 574 00:33:29,540 --> 00:33:31,609 Suze: The people all over the world. 575 00:33:32,790 --> 00:33:34,640 Suze: Always had enough to eat. 576 00:33:35,579 --> 00:33:39,880 Suze: And to be healthy and everything, boy, I wish that 577 00:33:39,880 --> 00:33:45,329 Suze: could come true today. Yeah, now probably won't, but it 578 00:33:45,329 --> 00:33:48,449 Suze: sure could be at the start of it. KT, thank 579 00:33:48,449 --> 00:33:49,010 Suze: you so much. 580 00:33:49,150 --> 00:33:50,569 KT: Happy birthday, Suze. 581 00:33:50,660 --> 00:33:52,520 Suze: But, I have one question for you. 582 00:33:52,609 --> 00:33:53,310 KT: What is that? 583 00:33:53,609 --> 00:33:55,599 Suze: What is it that you love most, 584 00:33:57,260 --> 00:33:58,729 Suze: about this day? 585 00:34:02,939 --> 00:34:04,489 KT: Is that we're in love. 586 00:34:05,079 --> 00:34:08,750 Suze: Well, I guess that sums it up, everybody. Thank you all, 587 00:34:09,050 --> 00:34:10,919 Suze: cause I know you're all going to wish me a 588 00:34:10,919 --> 00:34:15,080 Suze: great birthday and I'm going to get it thousands of 589 00:34:15,080 --> 00:34:19,239 Suze: emails and wishes, and so it's always impossible for me 590 00:34:19,239 --> 00:34:21,879 Suze: to answer all of them. So I thank you all 591 00:34:21,879 --> 00:34:25,189 Suze: in advance and just never ever forget, 592 00:34:25,810 --> 00:34:31,229 Suze: that one of the greatest days of my life happens 593 00:34:31,229 --> 00:34:34,639 Suze: to be the days that I get to communicate with you, 594 00:34:34,909 --> 00:34:38,029 Suze: help you with your money, help you with your problems 595 00:34:38,030 --> 00:34:38,979 Suze: that you have... 596 00:34:39,750 --> 00:34:41,330 Suze: ...and help you live. 597 00:34:42,189 --> 00:34:47,639 Suze: The happiest life of all. So until Sunday, thank you, 598 00:34:47,649 --> 00:34:49,649 Suze: and there's only one thing we want you to remember 599 00:34:49,649 --> 00:34:51,399 Suze: when it comes to your money: 600 00:34:51,649 --> 00:34:52,020 KT: People first.. 601 00:34:52,020 --> 00:34:53,209 Suze: then money... 602 00:34:53,290 --> 00:34:54,090 KT: then things. 603 00:34:54,189 --> 00:34:56,020 Suze: Now you stay safe. 604 00:34:56,129 --> 00:34:57,020 KT: Happy birthday. 605 00:34:57,330 --> 00:34:57,959 Suze: Bye bye.