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<blockquote data-quote="DammitJanet" data-source="post: 287475" data-attributes="member: 1514"><p>GG,</p><p></p><p>I am probably a whole lot like your husband. Being poor really bothers me. Of course, I have been poor for a very long time now do to very poor choices on my part. I grew up in an upper middle class home with parents who grew up in the depression. They were extremely frugal and pinched pennies until they screamed. I know they didnt believe in debt. They saved for their first house until they could pay half down on it and then paid it off in 5 years. No 30 year loan for them! Their second home they bought for cash when they sold the first home. They only bought cars they could pay cash for. They always had savings in money markets and CD's. I do know that they did have a charge card but it was paid off every month. I remember mastercard when it was Mastercharge. Or is it the other way around...whichever. </p><p></p><p>Then I became a difficult child and I did stupid things and threw away my opportunity for college that they would have paid for and got pregnant at 18 and married a no good loser, had the baby, dumped the loser, did more stupid things, finally met Tony, started getting my life straigthened out, had two more kids....but Tony is only a construction worker. Life is extremely hard. We are the working poor. There have been many times that we didnt have money for food and ate oatmeal for days on end. Or pbj. I bought the kids clothes at goodwill. I looked so forward to the beginning of school because my dad always went out and bought the boys 5 new outfits a piece for starting school. And a new winter coat. </p><p></p><p>Things are a bit better for us now because our kids are grown and now I have social security disability. That little bit of money makes a difference to us. I dont get very much but it makes a difference. It allows me to buy a pair of pants if I need them or to buy the grands an outfit or two if I want.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DammitJanet, post: 287475, member: 1514"] GG, I am probably a whole lot like your husband. Being poor really bothers me. Of course, I have been poor for a very long time now do to very poor choices on my part. I grew up in an upper middle class home with parents who grew up in the depression. They were extremely frugal and pinched pennies until they screamed. I know they didnt believe in debt. They saved for their first house until they could pay half down on it and then paid it off in 5 years. No 30 year loan for them! Their second home they bought for cash when they sold the first home. They only bought cars they could pay cash for. They always had savings in money markets and CD's. I do know that they did have a charge card but it was paid off every month. I remember mastercard when it was Mastercharge. Or is it the other way around...whichever. Then I became a difficult child and I did stupid things and threw away my opportunity for college that they would have paid for and got pregnant at 18 and married a no good loser, had the baby, dumped the loser, did more stupid things, finally met Tony, started getting my life straigthened out, had two more kids....but Tony is only a construction worker. Life is extremely hard. We are the working poor. There have been many times that we didnt have money for food and ate oatmeal for days on end. Or pbj. I bought the kids clothes at goodwill. I looked so forward to the beginning of school because my dad always went out and bought the boys 5 new outfits a piece for starting school. And a new winter coat. Things are a bit better for us now because our kids are grown and now I have social security disability. That little bit of money makes a difference to us. I dont get very much but it makes a difference. It allows me to buy a pair of pants if I need them or to buy the grands an outfit or two if I want. [/QUOTE]
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