Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift engaged!

[Anonymous]

Someone brings TLOASG bracelet to school.

Hey Betty. This is for you.

🫠

[Anonymous]

I think she should thank her fans by inviting the top 100 individual buyers of her merch. It will be like the secret parties and pyramid scheme prizes rolled into one.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Talking and Instagram are full of proposal photos and videos. Of regular people. It’s just how it is these days.

Yeah, every couple wears matching publicly-traded company clothes in their engagement photos, then launches an ad campaign the next day with another Wall Street owned clothing company to coincide with the instagram caption on your engagement photos — a week before your season kicks off & four weeks before your next album. Just a bunch of cutesy coincidences and totally not fake slop for the dumb masses.

She’s freakin Taylor Swift. American Royalty. Love it or don’t. I love it.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Apparently the ring was done in July. I assume that Taylor pointed him at the place to go get the ring and she probably even talk to her about it too and Travis and she took it from there.

So yeah, it was done by July per Travis’s dad. Both he and Scott were telling Travis to hurry up and propose because she was getting antsy. Lol.

He set up the garden in his backyard and went out and proposed to her after the podcast filming. He’s not dumb - of course he would want that photographed.

It’s not that complicated.

On what planet is it normal for the baby boomer father of a 35 year old woman to be giving such a detailed play-by-play to media about this? It bolsters all the conspiracies that this is a charade and they, notably her puppet-master money-hungry dad, are milking it for profit.

Not sure because it was Travis's dad, not hers.

It's actually worse that it was his dad. Nobody on either side knows when to just stfu? It's all so tacky.

Wait, what….. you’re coming from a state of mind where nobody knows who you are. You’re not famous. They are the most famous couple on the planet so they are going to fielding questions from people wanting details.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Imagine my "shock" when my boyfriend gave me this ring I picked out and the photographer I hired filmed it. *Make shocked face*

While both of us were wearing summer/fall 2025 Ralph Lauren. And we released the footage, with a 'teachers' caption, the day before my boyfriend's American Eagle 'back to school' ad.

Americans are hopelessly gullible.

You’re gullible if you believe they didn’t have a private engagement before this. He didn’t just roll up with that ring, this was made for mass consumption and more likely than not wasn’t even the real proposal. But, why are you so mad about it? This is what they do.

So it was fake but it was fake for the fans? Why? To milk fans and make money? But I thought they were both so rich, they don't have to fake or do anything for money? These are two soulless, scheming, money-grubbing celebs. I think both of them have sold their souls and are so far gone they don't know what is real, what is fake. Their life is a simulation at this point.

I agree, but I would also say that this is all Taylor has ever known. This is why she was exploited. Her entire tween and teen years were sold to her fans by her parents. If you have ever read that email her dad sent that was written when she was like 12 or so. He basically said he worked so hard to make her famous and (and he didn’t know what her talent was yet), but that she would be famous for SOMETHING (acting, modeling, etc). And that he crafted her own web site at age 12 to generate fans etc. Couple that with her Mom setting up secret parties with fans so Taylor could “see what teenage life was like” and you have a girlhood exploited.

She is like Truman in the Truman Show and she doesn’t even know it.

Definitely her childhood was different. She was being primed for stardom but it’s hard for me to see this as a bad thing. I remember when Britney was coming up it was before social media, but her mom had this blog which was like a journal, capturing all of B’s travel and tours and her life. It seemed very happy and wonderful. But we started seeing cracks pretty early.

Taylor is pretty far into this life and I’m not seeing those cracks. She truly seems to love her craft and I can’t imagine how amazing it would be to just be able to write songs that people can’t wait to listen to and watch performed in concert. She just came off a tour of what 149 concerts… That the fans went wild over… And that she seemed to clearly enjoy doing and it takes a lot of stamina and hard work and heart to put out. That wasn’t fake or manufactured.

I’m not saying a lot of the marketing is not, well marketing, but painting this picture as if she is some puppet doesn’t really work anymore. I’m sure her parents did a lot in the beginning, but she now really has agency over her life and career and she seems well adjusted, stable and dare I say happy.

I guess I don’t see where you can criticize her parents. I think if we end up with 35-year-olds who seem this happy and well adjusted we’d be happy as parents.

[Anonymous]

She created another album while being on an exhausting sold out tour. Say what you want, but she’s a bad ass

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Imagine my "shock" when my boyfriend gave me this ring I picked out and the photographer I hired filmed it. *Make shocked face*

While both of us were wearing summer/fall 2025 Ralph Lauren. And we released the footage, with a 'teachers' caption, the day before my boyfriend's American Eagle 'back to school' ad.

Americans are hopelessly gullible.

You’re gullible if you believe they didn’t have a private engagement before this. He didn’t just roll up with that ring, this was made for mass consumption and more likely than not wasn’t even the real proposal. But, why are you so mad about it? This is what they do.

So it was fake but it was fake for the fans? Why? To milk fans and make money? But I thought they were both so rich, they don't have to fake or do anything for money? These are two soulless, scheming, money-grubbing celebs. I think both of them have sold their souls and are so far gone they don't know what is real, what is fake. Their life is a simulation at this point.

I agree, but I would also say that this is all Taylor has ever known. This is why she was exploited. Her entire tween and teen years were sold to her fans by her parents. If you have ever read that email her dad sent that was written when she was like 12 or so. He basically said he worked so hard to make her famous and (and he didn’t know what her talent was yet), but that she would be famous for SOMETHING (acting, modeling, etc). And that he crafted her own web site at age 12 to generate fans etc. Couple that with her Mom setting up secret parties with fans so Taylor could “see what teenage life was like” and you have a girlhood exploited.

She is like Truman in the Truman Show and she doesn’t even know it.

Definitely her childhood was different. She was being primed for stardom but it’s hard for me to see this as a bad thing. I remember when Britney was coming up it was before social media, but her mom had this blog which was like a journal, capturing all of B’s travel and tours and her life. It seemed very happy and wonderful. But we started seeing cracks pretty early.

Taylor is pretty far into this life and I’m not seeing those cracks. She truly seems to love her craft and I can’t imagine how amazing it would be to just be able to write songs that people can’t wait to listen to and watch performed in concert. She just came off a tour of what 149 concerts… That the fans went wild over… And that she seemed to clearly enjoy doing and it takes a lot of stamina and hard work and heart to put out. That wasn’t fake or manufactured.

I’m not saying a lot of the marketing is not, well marketing, but painting this picture as if she is some puppet doesn’t really work anymore. I’m sure her parents did a lot in the beginning, but she now really has agency over her life and career and she seems well adjusted, stable and dare I say happy.

I guess I don’t see where you can criticize her parents. I think if we end up with 35-year-olds who seem this happy and well adjusted we’d be happy as parents.

I can and do criticize her parents. I will say I am in the Anti-Hero camp. I see fame as a trap where you can’t really be yourself and in many ways it is the most behavior restricting thing someone can do. Having every move under public scrutiny makes you edit and change your behavior. I don’t see that as fun as the freedom to express your true thoughts and feelings is important and the famous can’t really do that. Some people go crazy with it, some become their edited life. You see it as an amazing and wild experience you would love to be a part of. That underlying difference of opinion leads us to divergent opinions of her parents.

Hopefully, she is as happy as she seems in the engagement photos and isn’t “doing it with a broken heart.” But it is hard to know since she talks so much about putting on different faces for different people and situations.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:She created another album while being on an exhausting sold out tour. Say what you want, but she’s a bad ass

In other words, ghostwriters, musicians, and producers created another album and she gets to stamp her name on it.

[Anonymous]

She needs to put hurt feelings aside and be there for her godchildren.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Imagine my "shock" when my boyfriend gave me this ring I picked out and the photographer I hired filmed it. *Make shocked face*

While both of us were wearing summer/fall 2025 Ralph Lauren. And we released the footage, with a 'teachers' caption, the day before my boyfriend's American Eagle 'back to school' ad.

Americans are hopelessly gullible.

You’re gullible if you believe they didn’t have a private engagement before this. He didn’t just roll up with that ring, this was made for mass consumption and more likely than not wasn’t even the real proposal. But, why are you so mad about it? This is what they do.

So it was fake but it was fake for the fans? Why? To milk fans and make money? But I thought they were both so rich, they don't have to fake or do anything for money? These are two soulless, scheming, money-grubbing celebs. I think both of them have sold their souls and are so far gone they don't know what is real, what is fake. Their life is a simulation at this point.

I agree, but I would also say that this is all Taylor has ever known. This is why she was exploited. Her entire tween and teen years were sold to her fans by her parents. If you have ever read that email her dad sent that was written when she was like 12 or so. He basically said he worked so hard to make her famous and (and he didn’t know what her talent was yet), but that she would be famous for SOMETHING (acting, modeling, etc). And that he crafted her own web site at age 12 to generate fans etc. Couple that with her Mom setting up secret parties with fans so Taylor could “see what teenage life was like” and you have a girlhood exploited.

She is like Truman in the Truman Show and she doesn’t even know it.

Definitely her childhood was different. She was being primed for stardom but it’s hard for me to see this as a bad thing. I remember when Britney was coming up it was before social media, but her mom had this blog which was like a journal, capturing all of B’s travel and tours and her life. It seemed very happy and wonderful. But we started seeing cracks pretty early.

Taylor is pretty far into this life and I’m not seeing those cracks. She truly seems to love her craft and I can’t imagine how amazing it would be to just be able to write songs that people can’t wait to listen to and watch performed in concert. She just came off a tour of what 149 concerts… That the fans went wild over… And that she seemed to clearly enjoy doing and it takes a lot of stamina and hard work and heart to put out. That wasn’t fake or manufactured.

I’m not saying a lot of the marketing is not, well marketing, but painting this picture as if she is some puppet doesn’t really work anymore. I’m sure her parents did a lot in the beginning, but she now really has agency over her life and career and she seems well adjusted, stable and dare I say happy.

I guess I don’t see where you can criticize her parents. I think if we end up with 35-year-olds who seem this happy and well adjusted we’d be happy as parents.

Taylor was driving this train for sure. Always has been. She said when she was 14 this is all she could think about and wanted to do. Write and be a star. Luckily her parents were very supportive.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:She created another album while being on an exhausting sold out tour. Say what you want, but she’s a bad ass

In other words, ghostwriters, musicians, and producers created another album and she gets to stamp her name on it.

You are just a serious disillusioned hater

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Imagine my "shock" when my boyfriend gave me this ring I picked out and the photographer I hired filmed it. *Make shocked face*

While both of us were wearing summer/fall 2025 Ralph Lauren. And we released the footage, with a 'teachers' caption, the day before my boyfriend's American Eagle 'back to school' ad.

Americans are hopelessly gullible.

You’re gullible if you believe they didn’t have a private engagement before this. He didn’t just roll up with that ring, this was made for mass consumption and more likely than not wasn’t even the real proposal. But, why are you so mad about it? This is what they do.

So it was fake but it was fake for the fans? Why? To milk fans and make money? But I thought they were both so rich, they don't have to fake or do anything for money? These are two soulless, scheming, money-grubbing celebs. I think both of them have sold their souls and are so far gone they don't know what is real, what is fake. Their life is a simulation at this point.

I agree, but I would also say that this is all Taylor has ever known. This is why she was exploited. Her entire tween and teen years were sold to her fans by her parents. If you have ever read that email her dad sent that was written when she was like 12 or so. He basically said he worked so hard to make her famous and (and he didn’t know what her talent was yet), but that she would be famous for SOMETHING (acting, modeling, etc). And that he crafted her own web site at age 12 to generate fans etc. Couple that with her Mom setting up secret parties with fans so Taylor could “see what teenage life was like” and you have a girlhood exploited.

She is like Truman in the Truman Show and she doesn’t even know it.

Definitely her childhood was different. She was being primed for stardom but it’s hard for me to see this as a bad thing. I remember when Britney was coming up it was before social media, but her mom had this blog which was like a journal, capturing all of B’s travel and tours and her life. It seemed very happy and wonderful. But we started seeing cracks pretty early.

Taylor is pretty far into this life and I’m not seeing those cracks. She truly seems to love her craft and I can’t imagine how amazing it would be to just be able to write songs that people can’t wait to listen to and watch performed in concert. She just came off a tour of what 149 concerts… That the fans went wild over… And that she seemed to clearly enjoy doing and it takes a lot of stamina and hard work and heart to put out. That wasn’t fake or manufactured.

I’m not saying a lot of the marketing is not, well marketing, but painting this picture as if she is some puppet doesn’t really work anymore. I’m sure her parents did a lot in the beginning, but she now really has agency over her life and career and she seems well adjusted, stable and dare I say happy.

I guess I don’t see where you can criticize her parents. I think if we end up with 35-year-olds who seem this happy and well adjusted we’d be happy as parents.

Taylor was driving this train for sure. Always has been. She said when she was 14 this is all she could think about and wanted to do. Write and be a star. Luckily her parents were very supportive.

Taylor’s Dad would disagree that Taylor was driving this train.

From the email (and this is just the first part of the long list of things her dad did):

Taylor's theatre group, which had never been invited to sing at Municipal Stadium in Reading for the Reading
Phillies was asked to come out on Oldies day. Who on the board of directors suggested Oldies Day?
I did.
Who then offered up the cast of Grease,
I did.
Who had promoted his 11 year old at every board meeting to the point that when the guy who was supposed to sing the national anthem did not show, they came to Taylor and said "Can you sing the national anthem?",
I did.
the person in charge of it was in the stands.
Which led to the Harlem Wizzards national anthem because
Who video taped it?
I did.
Who then made copies and used old contacts to send it to the 76ers, while being told he was silly.
I did.
Who bought tickets for all of Taylor's friends to go support her when she sang in front of 23,000 fans.
I did.
Who got to sit in the car with her friends while Andrea and Taylor were getting first class treatment in the dressing room.
I did. You will. That's not quite
fair.
Whose wife thinks I talk too much and promote Taylor too much. MINE. Share my pain please.



Who has made every single client listen to Taylor's latest song before we went over their financial plan?

Here's the short story.
There is in excess of $150,000 of hard dollars spend on travel, lessons, production ($29,000 not counting duplication), website (not too many artists come with a website like ours) and I know that is not the total value.
There are few months that we do not get a $500 bill from Mad Dancer on the website.
Ronnie was worse.
Original cost was $5000. Have I complained. No.

As a financial planner, is it fair to Austin that Taylor is taking her half of the estate now? Probably not.

The move (delightful as it has been) involved moving out of two houses and all the crap you had to put up with times 10. The expense has been over $200,000 not counting that I am being taxed in Pennsylvania and Tennessee (this year is was $31000). Now admittedly, some of this was furniture etc but without us moving here, Taylor is not where she is today. I changed the phone numbers, I changed the boat registrations, I changed the car registrations, I changed the addresses and the ali my registrations with Merrill. I commuted
back and forth from Reading, managed my staff. Do I need to vent every once in awhile. Yos. Sold the shore house because it is so far away. Yes we made a nice profit (bought for $400,000, sold for $2,425,000) but New Jersey put a mansion tax on and I get to pay them $158,000 and it pushes me into AMT and I lose the 15% capital gains and pay another $500,000.


Now, who really cares that her parents were rich and helped finance her? No one because only rich people get ahead these days anyway. But to say that Taylor was ALWAYS driving this train after reading that email is a bit crazy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Imagine my "shock" when my boyfriend gave me this ring I picked out and the photographer I hired filmed it. *Make shocked face*

While both of us were wearing summer/fall 2025 Ralph Lauren. And we released the footage, with a 'teachers' caption, the day before my boyfriend's American Eagle 'back to school' ad.

Americans are hopelessly gullible.

You’re gullible if you believe they didn’t have a private engagement before this. He didn’t just roll up with that ring, this was made for mass consumption and more likely than not wasn’t even the real proposal. But, why are you so mad about it? This is what they do.

So it was fake but it was fake for the fans? Why? To milk fans and make money? But I thought they were both so rich, they don't have to fake or do anything for money? These are two soulless, scheming, money-grubbing celebs. I think both of them have sold their souls and are so far gone they don't know what is real, what is fake. Their life is a simulation at this point.

I agree, but I would also say that this is all Taylor has ever known. This is why she was exploited. Her entire tween and teen years were sold to her fans by her parents. If you have ever read that email her dad sent that was written when she was like 12 or so. He basically said he worked so hard to make her famous and (and he didn’t know what her talent was yet), but that she would be famous for SOMETHING (acting, modeling, etc). And that he crafted her own web site at age 12 to generate fans etc. Couple that with her Mom setting up secret parties with fans so Taylor could “see what teenage life was like” and you have a girlhood exploited.

She is like Truman in the Truman Show and she doesn’t even know it.

Definitely her childhood was different. She was being primed for stardom but it’s hard for me to see this as a bad thing. I remember when Britney was coming up it was before social media, but her mom had this blog which was like a journal, capturing all of B’s travel and tours and her life. It seemed very happy and wonderful. But we started seeing cracks pretty early.

Taylor is pretty far into this life and I’m not seeing those cracks. She truly seems to love her craft and I can’t imagine how amazing it would be to just be able to write songs that people can’t wait to listen to and watch performed in concert. She just came off a tour of what 149 concerts… That the fans went wild over… And that she seemed to clearly enjoy doing and it takes a lot of stamina and hard work and heart to put out. That wasn’t fake or manufactured.

I’m not saying a lot of the marketing is not, well marketing, but painting this picture as if she is some puppet doesn’t really work anymore. I’m sure her parents did a lot in the beginning, but she now really has agency over her life and career and she seems well adjusted, stable and dare I say happy.

I guess I don’t see where you can criticize her parents. I think if we end up with 35-year-olds who seem this happy and well adjusted we’d be happy as parents.

Taylor was driving this train for sure. Always has been. She said when she was 14 this is all she could think about and wanted to do. Write and be a star. Luckily her parents were very supportive.

Taylor’s Dad would disagree that Taylor was driving this train.

From the email (and this is just the first part of the long list of things her dad did):

Taylor's theatre group, which had never been invited to sing at Municipal Stadium in Reading for the Reading
Phillies was asked to come out on Oldies day. Who on the board of directors suggested Oldies Day?
I did.
Who then offered up the cast of Grease,
I did.
Who had promoted his 11 year old at every board meeting to the point that when the guy who was supposed to sing the national anthem did not show, they came to Taylor and said "Can you sing the national anthem?",
I did.
the person in charge of it was in the stands.
Which led to the Harlem Wizzards national anthem because
Who video taped it?
I did.
Who then made copies and used old contacts to send it to the 76ers, while being told he was silly.
I did.
Who bought tickets for all of Taylor's friends to go support her when she sang in front of 23,000 fans.
I did.
Who got to sit in the car with her friends while Andrea and Taylor were getting first class treatment in the dressing room.
I did. You will. That's not quite
fair.
Whose wife thinks I talk too much and promote Taylor too much. MINE. Share my pain please.



Who has made every single client listen to Taylor's latest song before we went over their financial plan?

Here's the short story.
There is in excess of $150,000 of hard dollars spend on travel, lessons, production ($29,000 not counting duplication), website (not too many artists come with a website like ours) and I know that is not the total value.
There are few months that we do not get a $500 bill from Mad Dancer on the website.
Ronnie was worse.
Original cost was $5000. Have I complained. No.

As a financial planner, is it fair to Austin that Taylor is taking her half of the estate now? Probably not.

The move (delightful as it has been) involved moving out of two houses and all the crap you had to put up with times 10. The expense has been over $200,000 not counting that I am being taxed in Pennsylvania and Tennessee (this year is was $31000). Now admittedly, some of this was furniture etc but without us moving here, Taylor is not where she is today. I changed the phone numbers, I changed the boat registrations, I changed the car registrations, I changed the addresses and the ali my registrations with Merrill. I commuted
back and forth from Reading, managed my staff. Do I need to vent every once in awhile. Yos. Sold the shore house because it is so far away. Yes we made a nice profit (bought for $400,000, sold for $2,425,000) but New Jersey put a mansion tax on and I get to pay them $158,000 and it pushes me into AMT and I lose the 15% capital gains and pay another $500,000.


Now, who really cares that her parents were rich and helped finance her? No one because only rich people get ahead these days anyway. But to say that Taylor was ALWAYS driving this train after reading that email is a bit crazy.

What does this have to do with her getting engaged? What does half of this thread have to do with her getting engaged?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:She created another album while being on an exhausting sold out tour. Say what you want, but she’s a bad ass

In other words, ghostwriters, musicians, and producers created another album and she gets to stamp her name on it.

As opposed to the other stars who do all of that themselves? GTFOH.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Imagine my "shock" when my boyfriend gave me this ring I picked out and the photographer I hired filmed it. *Make shocked face*

While both of us were wearing summer/fall 2025 Ralph Lauren. And we released the footage, with a 'teachers' caption, the day before my boyfriend's American Eagle 'back to school' ad.

Americans are hopelessly gullible.

You’re gullible if you believe they didn’t have a private engagement before this. He didn’t just roll up with that ring, this was made for mass consumption and more likely than not wasn’t even the real proposal. But, why are you so mad about it? This is what they do.

So it was fake but it was fake for the fans? Why? To milk fans and make money? But I thought they were both so rich, they don't have to fake or do anything for money? These are two soulless, scheming, money-grubbing celebs. I think both of them have sold their souls and are so far gone they don't know what is real, what is fake. Their life is a simulation at this point.

I agree, but I would also say that this is all Taylor has ever known. This is why she was exploited. Her entire tween and teen years were sold to her fans by her parents. If you have ever read that email her dad sent that was written when she was like 12 or so. He basically said he worked so hard to make her famous and (and he didn’t know what her talent was yet), but that she would be famous for SOMETHING (acting, modeling, etc). And that he crafted her own web site at age 12 to generate fans etc. Couple that with her Mom setting up secret parties with fans so Taylor could “see what teenage life was like” and you have a girlhood exploited.

She is like Truman in the Truman Show and she doesn’t even know it.

Definitely her childhood was different. She was being primed for stardom but it’s hard for me to see this as a bad thing. I remember when Britney was coming up it was before social media, but her mom had this blog which was like a journal, capturing all of B’s travel and tours and her life. It seemed very happy and wonderful. But we started seeing cracks pretty early.

Taylor is pretty far into this life and I’m not seeing those cracks. She truly seems to love her craft and I can’t imagine how amazing it would be to just be able to write songs that people can’t wait to listen to and watch performed in concert. She just came off a tour of what 149 concerts… That the fans went wild over… And that she seemed to clearly enjoy doing and it takes a lot of stamina and hard work and heart to put out. That wasn’t fake or manufactured.

I’m not saying a lot of the marketing is not, well marketing, but painting this picture as if she is some puppet doesn’t really work anymore. I’m sure her parents did a lot in the beginning, but she now really has agency over her life and career and she seems well adjusted, stable and dare I say happy.

I guess I don’t see where you can criticize her parents. I think if we end up with 35-year-olds who seem this happy and well adjusted we’d be happy as parents.

Taylor was driving this train for sure. Always has been. She said when she was 14 this is all she could think about and wanted to do. Write and be a star. Luckily her parents were very supportive.

Taylor’s Dad would disagree that Taylor was driving this train.

From the email (and this is just the first part of the long list of things her dad did):

Taylor's theatre group, which had never been invited to sing at Municipal Stadium in Reading for the Reading
Phillies was asked to come out on Oldies day. Who on the board of directors suggested Oldies Day?
I did.
Who then offered up the cast of Grease,
I did.
Who had promoted his 11 year old at every board meeting to the point that when the guy who was supposed to sing the national anthem did not show, they came to Taylor and said "Can you sing the national anthem?",
I did.
the person in charge of it was in the stands.
Which led to the Harlem Wizzards national anthem because
Who video taped it?
I did.
Who then made copies and used old contacts to send it to the 76ers, while being told he was silly.
I did.
Who bought tickets for all of Taylor's friends to go support her when she sang in front of 23,000 fans.
I did.
Who got to sit in the car with her friends while Andrea and Taylor were getting first class treatment in the dressing room.
I did. You will. That's not quite
fair.
Whose wife thinks I talk too much and promote Taylor too much. MINE. Share my pain please.



Who has made every single client listen to Taylor's latest song before we went over their financial plan?

Here's the short story.
There is in excess of $150,000 of hard dollars spend on travel, lessons, production ($29,000 not counting duplication), website (not too many artists come with a website like ours) and I know that is not the total value.
There are few months that we do not get a $500 bill from Mad Dancer on the website.
Ronnie was worse.
Original cost was $5000. Have I complained. No.

As a financial planner, is it fair to Austin that Taylor is taking her half of the estate now? Probably not.

The move (delightful as it has been) involved moving out of two houses and all the crap you had to put up with times 10. The expense has been over $200,000 not counting that I am being taxed in Pennsylvania and Tennessee (this year is was $31000). Now admittedly, some of this was furniture etc but without us moving here, Taylor is not where she is today. I changed the phone numbers, I changed the boat registrations, I changed the car registrations, I changed the addresses and the ali my registrations with Merrill. I commuted
back and forth from Reading, managed my staff. Do I need to vent every once in awhile. Yos. Sold the shore house because it is so far away. Yes we made a nice profit (bought for $400,000, sold for $2,425,000) but New Jersey put a mansion tax on and I get to pay them $158,000 and it pushes me into AMT and I lose the 15% capital gains and pay another $500,000.


Now, who really cares that her parents were rich and helped finance her? No one because only rich people get ahead these days anyway. But to say that Taylor was ALWAYS driving this train after reading that email is a bit crazy.

Yeah that is definitely OTT but her dad is OTT. Pretty sure he wasn't writing the songs or learning the instruments or doing the creative work she has always done and continues to do. Her upbringing definitely gave her a leg up but this is clearly what she has always wanted. And her parents are stable unlike so many other young people who became famous.