The Suze Ormon Show

Mountain man will KILL me for blogging about this, but it's really funny and "purposeful" so i have to share.

I don't know if u've ever caught the Suze Ormon show. If u're not acquainted with her, she's this loud mouthed opinionated all american financial advisor who hosts a financial talk show on CNBC (NBC). Basically she answers queries from any members of the public who are faced with any financial dilemmas. She's totally fun to watch, and her financial advice is pretty good.

There's also a special segment in her show called "can i afford it?". People will write in to tell Suze what they wanna buy, show their financial profile and Suze will either DENY or APPROVE.

For example, some people may wanna buy a new car or a new guitar, and based on their monthly income, savings, insurance and credit record, Suze will determine if the purchase is sensible.

So over the weekend, there's this lawyer who wanted to buy a 3 carat engagement ring for his girlfriend. Here's the brief TV-conversation...

Lawyer: Hi Suze, i would like to upgrade my gf's engagement ring to 3 carats, priced at at XYZ amount.

Suze: Are u freaking crazy to spend THAT amount of money on an engagment ring when u already bought her one!??? U're abit nuts in the head (and she continues insulting him abit more). But anyway, SHOW ME THE MONEY.

Lawyer: well i earn X amount, i have Y amount of loan at Z percent interest, i have A amount in savings and i am XX years old.

Mountain man: Hey, tht sounds like me...

Suze: you know what, i'm gonna tell you that it's the dumbest purchase u'll ever buy. U're obviously a little whoopy in the head...

Mountain man: yah lor this guy is crazy...

Suze: but u know what, u can afford it, APPROVED.

me: Hahahahahhahahahahahhaha....(this goes on for the next few minutes)

Mountain man: woah lau... this guy obviously doesn't have a baby on the way ok.

me: YOU CAN AFFORD IT YOU CAN AFFORD IT YOU CAN AFFORD IT.

I felt triumphant even though i'm not gonna guilt him into buying me an upgrade (yet), despite having gone through SUCH a difficult 9 months.