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Originally Posted by CoachKandSportsguy
Hard times create strong people
Easy times create soft people.
Be thankful that the boomers had parents from the Great Depression (GD) who taught us how to survive and passed along a strong work ethic.
I was broke at the age of 40+, 10,000 cash, 10,000 IRA, $15 VISA bill, no income.
with two kids, a witch of an XWife and needing to put 2 kids through college. Did so, and recovered all the money lost, and still have not received any inheritance or massive lottery winnings, or any direct monetary support.
worked my ass off with technology skills, took care of my aging parents, whatever they wanted / need while i lived in my high school bedroom, saved everything, paid off college loans early, and continuing through last year when I had enough.
My dad was whining once when recovering in a skilled nursing facility. I went right to :
You don't get what you want; you get what you work for
he started working towards recovery versus just wanting to go home. My wife passed this along to her deadbeat sister, who without anybody to leach off, did find a job but they also did not like her boomer follow rules mentality either. .
good luck, we deserve our hard work rewards
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I remember my dad putting water in the empty ketchup bottle, and shaking it up so we'd magically have more ketchup. I think I was in high school when I told him that it saved money in two ways: it stretched the ketchup and it reduced usage because nobody would use that watery stuff anyway. He laughed, but he threw the watery ketchup away and never did it again. But then, he had more money by that point in his career.
And then, I heard for the millionth time, what it was like to grow up during the Depression.
I am pretty sure Dad was one of Monty Python's Four Yorkshiremen