She liked new and shiny. I liked no debt
and six months living expenses in the bank. Somehow we stayed married 22 years
before she split and left me with two young sons to rear.
In later years she lived with my youngest
son, supposedly to provide child care. One day she gave me a wonderful
compliment, saying to my son,
“You are cheaper than your father!”
Yes, he grew up with good values.
Middle son reported complaints during his short marriage along the same lines.
When did living within your means and having
money in the bank become a loathsome lifestyle?
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Penny Pincher
Also, we raised cheap kids. And we're proud of that, they don't carry crushing loads of debt, have paid off anything they owe promptly and they're not out there getting the latest and greatest. Brings a tear to my eye.
Mine, too.
When keeping up with the Jones' became the norm, rather than the exception!
Yep!
Some of us didn't care.
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