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<blockquote data-quote="DammitJanet" data-source="post: 533269" data-attributes="member: 1514"><p>I do think the Depression had a lot to do with it. Like I said, my dad would give me the world if he could but he would be very frugal himself. </p><p></p><p>He grew up in a very poor family up north. His family was a huge Catholic family with 6 boys and 2 girls. His mom didnt work except for taking in laundry and ironing for people. His father was a taxi driver who only came home to get his mother pregnant. My dad never wanted to be like his father. My dad went without a lot of things as a child. He ate many mayo sandwiches for lunches and dinners because that was all they had in the house. When WWII started my father volunteered before they could even draft him. He was 17. He was the youngest one on his ship. Thinking back now I can only imagine what it must have been like to have been a 17 year old boy on a huge ship in the south Pacific with Kamikaze planes coming at you. It must have been terrifying. He never talked about it to anyone except when Jamie joined the Marines and there was a chance he might go overseas. </p><p></p><p>When my Dad came home from WWII he went to college with the GI Bill and he became an accountant. He was determined that no child of his would ever want for anything. And I didnt. He and my mom saved up half the price of their first home before they ever bought it and paid it off in 3 years. They had our second house built and paid for it outright with the money from the sale of our first house. They never bought a car on time. They always paid cash. They didnt believe in debt. They always had a charge card but it was paid off on the first of the month. Money was invested wisely. The only thing I learned was to not believe in debt...lol. Oh and I got my degree in accounting too. </p><p></p><p>I miss my dad.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DammitJanet, post: 533269, member: 1514"] I do think the Depression had a lot to do with it. Like I said, my dad would give me the world if he could but he would be very frugal himself. He grew up in a very poor family up north. His family was a huge Catholic family with 6 boys and 2 girls. His mom didnt work except for taking in laundry and ironing for people. His father was a taxi driver who only came home to get his mother pregnant. My dad never wanted to be like his father. My dad went without a lot of things as a child. He ate many mayo sandwiches for lunches and dinners because that was all they had in the house. When WWII started my father volunteered before they could even draft him. He was 17. He was the youngest one on his ship. Thinking back now I can only imagine what it must have been like to have been a 17 year old boy on a huge ship in the south Pacific with Kamikaze planes coming at you. It must have been terrifying. He never talked about it to anyone except when Jamie joined the Marines and there was a chance he might go overseas. When my Dad came home from WWII he went to college with the GI Bill and he became an accountant. He was determined that no child of his would ever want for anything. And I didnt. He and my mom saved up half the price of their first home before they ever bought it and paid it off in 3 years. They had our second house built and paid for it outright with the money from the sale of our first house. They never bought a car on time. They always paid cash. They didnt believe in debt. They always had a charge card but it was paid off on the first of the month. Money was invested wisely. The only thing I learned was to not believe in debt...lol. Oh and I got my degree in accounting too. I miss my dad. [/QUOTE]
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