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Old 11-29-2019, 07:27 AM
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We were both 22. He made $2.05 an hour and I made $33 a week. We had dated and saved for four years and had the required down payment for a conventional loan on a brand new home.(12K) One car garage, three bedroom, basement, one bath.

How we managed was me cutting our hair, having one car, carefully planning to cook cheap meals and carrying lunch and not buying foolish things...even not buying some needed things. We did without and we were very careful with our money. We never got money from our folks.
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