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<blockquote data-quote="Kjs" data-source="post: 73398"><p>That is before my time. However I remember my dad saying the day it cost him $20 to fill up the car is the day he stops driving. He always had these really big cars.</p><p></p><p>I remember dad sending us in the store to get cigarettes for him, 50 cents. He complained how much that was.</p><p></p><p>My dad would grill us if we left any change on the floor, that may have fallen out of our pockets. He would go into the bathroom after our showers and pick up all the change and would yell at us.</p><p></p><p>My friend reminds me of the time we went to the store with my dad and I asked for a penny for a gum ball, and he said no.</p><p>Most of my friends were afraid of my dad. They would even hang up if he answered the phone.</p><p></p><p>But the one thing that I will never forget...I was about 10 or 11 and I wanted to go to the movies with my friends. I asked my dad for money and he said No. (we never had allowance, never got any money) I whined and said two of my friends are going. His reply was "and I bet they don't own their own houses either".</p><p>I was speechless. They never talked of their finances. And at that age...I really didn't care. I wanted to go. besides I thought if you lived in a house you owned it. I didn't get to go. </p><p></p><p>They also had no credit cards. My father was one that said if you can't afford it you don't deserve it. Geeeze...why didn't any of that sink in???</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Kjs, post: 73398"] That is before my time. However I remember my dad saying the day it cost him $20 to fill up the car is the day he stops driving. He always had these really big cars. I remember dad sending us in the store to get cigarettes for him, 50 cents. He complained how much that was. My dad would grill us if we left any change on the floor, that may have fallen out of our pockets. He would go into the bathroom after our showers and pick up all the change and would yell at us. My friend reminds me of the time we went to the store with my dad and I asked for a penny for a gum ball, and he said no. Most of my friends were afraid of my dad. They would even hang up if he answered the phone. But the one thing that I will never forget...I was about 10 or 11 and I wanted to go to the movies with my friends. I asked my dad for money and he said No. (we never had allowance, never got any money) I whined and said two of my friends are going. His reply was "and I bet they don't own their own houses either". I was speechless. They never talked of their finances. And at that age...I really didn't care. I wanted to go. besides I thought if you lived in a house you owned it. I didn't get to go. They also had no credit cards. My father was one that said if you can't afford it you don't deserve it. Geeeze...why didn't any of that sink in??? [/QUOTE]
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