How to Talk About Money With Your Partner: We Answer Your Questions

💬 You earn more than your boyfriend. Your work bestie’s acting weird after your promotion. And your boss just commented “🔥” on your vacation pic. In this unfiltered Tiger Sisters Hotline episode, Jean and Cherie take on your real-life dilemmas about money, power, and love… from splitting expenses with a partner to navigating awkward office politics. Honest advice, real strategy, and a lots of sisterly tough love. We share: ✅ What to do when your work bestie turns cold after your promotion ✅ How to handle overfriendly bosses on social media ✅ The red flags in love and friendship when money becomes transactional ✅ How to talk about money with your partner (without making it awkward) ✅ When to split fairly vs. evenly — and why fairness isn’t always 50/50 ✅ Why every relationship needs an operating system 🐯👯‍♀️ We’re the Tiger Sisters — Your Wall Street & Silicon Valley big sisters Decoding Money • Power • Love ✨ New episodes every Monday | Shorts all week ✨ 🎯 This episode is sponsored by OneSkin: Get 15% off OneSkin with the code TIGERSISTERS at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.oneskin.co #oneskinpod 💌 Want to partner with us? Sponsorships: [email protected] ⏰ Timestamps 00:00 Welcome to the Tiger Sisters Hotline 00:55 Spotify Radar and rebrand glow-up 03:14 Dilemma #1: I make more than my boyfriend — should I pay more rent? 04:10 How to talk about money minus the awkwardness 07:44 The $10,000 thought experiment 10:46 Why you need an “operating system” for your relationship 14:00 The 70/30 rent rule and what actually feels fair 16:18 Ad Break: OneSkin 17:47 Dilemma #2: I got promoted over my work bestie — now it’s awkward 19:24 Leading with compassion and when to escalate 23:47 Dilemma #3: My boss comments on all my Instagram posts 25:04 Setting social media boundaries at work 27:02 Dilemma #4:: My boyfriend Venmo's me for everything 30:43 Cherie’s $2.80 water-bottle story 32:36 Transactional vs. generous relationships 34:00 The “standard deviation” theory of compatibility 35:57 Wrap-up 👀 Newsletter: https://cherieluo.substack.com/ Why trust us? ▫️ Cherie Brooke Luo – 100M+ views demystifying big tech, finance & MBAs ▫️ Jean Luo – ex-Goldman, ex-Snapchat exec, 50+ AI patents, startup investor ▫️ Together: 4 Ivy degrees • built billion-dollar products • two startups — decoded for you What you’ll get (and keep): ▫️ 🚀 Ivy League cheat sheets – no $250K tuition required ▫️ Personal finance playbooks – salary jumps, investing, money psychology ▫️ Networking scripts – behind $100M+ deals, job offers & VC intros ▫️ Real talk with unicorn founders, VCs, and billionaires ▫️ Mindset resets – clarity minus the pricey life coach ▫️ Lifestyle, wellness, and productivity hacks that actually work 💛 LET'S CONNECT: ~ CHERIE ~ 🤳🏻 Instagram – / cherie.brooke 📱 TikTok – / cherie.brooke ✍🏻 Substack – cherieluo.substack.com 👩🏻‍💻 LinkedIn – / cherie-luo ~ JEAN ~ 🤳🏻 Instagram – / jeanluo_ 👩🏻‍💻 LinkedIn – / jeanluo 👉 Hit Subscribe & tap the 🔔, then WRITE A REVIEW and rate us ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ on Spotify & Apple Podcasts! Share this with someone who deserves to be seen as a leader. 🎵 Music: Sammy Signal – https://open.spotify.com/artist/2Hsyk... 🛍️ Items: 🍵 Sisters Matcha – www.sistersmatcha.com 🌀 Everything else – https://amzn.to/3z0dx5b