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Subject: Frugality Mon 04 Dec 2006, 8:30 pm

answer by ticking one of the boxes
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Vicki

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Subject: Re: Frugality Mon 04 Dec 2006, 8:31 pm

I actually had to teach myself. Growing up we had a lady come clean weekly, ate dinner out everynight (carry out) and never made anything from scratch
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Vicki

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Subject: Re: Frugality Mon 04 Dec 2006, 9:49 pm

I learned from my Daddy and my Pearl ( housekeeper nanny and much much more) she taught me how to cook and he taught me how to be smart with my money and to invest

So I was blessed and I know it
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Gayla

"They take great pride in making their dinner cost much; I take my pride in making my dinner cost so little."

---Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862)

Moderator Age : 27 Joined : 12 Oct 2006 Posts : 1790

My parents didn't do much of anything that I would call good! So, I taught myself through research from books and internet.

kim

Subject: Re: Frugality Tue 05 Dec 2006, 8:08 am

I did tick 'other' mainly because I've had to learn for myself. The only example I can think back on is my Gran saving buttons etc....but I've always been pretty responsible (for the most part) with money, having to live on my own since aged 18 and pay bills etc.
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I voted Yes because it was mostly Mom. She grew up very poor and really knew how to stretch a dollar. Dad was a compulsive gambler, but in general both of them lived extremely simply. And their needs & wants were few. When Dad died, all his worldly belongings were in just one little 4-drawer cabinet. That's it.

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Gayla, you had a nanny? wow.

Subject: Re: Frugality Wed 06 Dec 2006, 7:10 am

I clicked yes. We were very fortunate growing up (though we didnt need to be). My parents both worked (which meant my brother and I grew up with babysitters), but we always had nice things. My father was the main bread-winner in the house, but my mom was a hair dresser to keep her own sanity (away from my brother & I, I suppose). We always spent Saturdays with my mom, cleaning the house in the morning, and then relaxing the rest of the day (most of the time in our PJ's until about 30 minutes before dad got home from work). Then on Sundays, we had family days. We went ice skating, roller skating, to events, brunch, riding around in the car looking at the scenery or houses, etc. etc. etc. We always did stuff as a family on Sundays.

We always had nice cars, a nice house, and everything...but my parents saved their money, and THEN bought these things. We had a new car every 4 years or so...but they only took out 3 year loans and paid them off early. Plus, they always bought nice houses in good neighborhoods that the values went up every time we moved (which was 8 times by the time I was 16). We were always ahead. My mother gave us a $200 budget for school clothes, and we always went to Hills/Kmart. I didnt go to a mall until I was much older.

My brother did not get the frugal gene. My father jokes: I wish I could put your frugality and your brother's spending habbits in a blender, mix them up, and then give you both half.
What he's trying to say is that he thinks I'm over the top - and my brother just spends way too much. Go figure.

~M
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Subject: Re: Frugality Wed 06 Dec 2006, 7:20 am

That blender remark's funny m!
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Subject: Re: Frugality Wed 06 Dec 2006, 9:59 am

I learned everything I know from my Mom. She has always been frugality in action out of necessity!
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MARY

Subject: Re: Frugality Wed 06 Dec 2006, 11:20 am

She was much more that Nanny she raised me her and her husband moved in and took care of me she keep house for us taugh me to cook and they loved and spoiled me they never had children they had me.... he passed in 1969 I still miss him he was a kind gentle man a great human being he taught me to garden how to play piano , she taught me how to cook how to shop and how to run a house when I went to University she came we lived in town and when I married she was going to take care of Daddy she came here a week later Daddy traveled she passed in 1988 I miss her still .. was she a nanny no she was my heart
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Gayla

"They take great pride in making their dinner cost much; I take my pride in making my dinner cost so little."

---Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862)

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What a sweet,touching relationship, Gayla!! Very Happy

Special people, both of them....I can tell they had a real influence on your life and the person you became. You're Blessed in many ways. And I know you know. *~Hugs*~

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Gayla...what a special couple they must have been! That was a very nice testimony. thank you for sharing.

kim