>>but I love living debt free even more.<
"Back in the late 1940s before I existed my father and his mother discussed whether or not to pay for the surgery to treat my (future) mother's breast cancer, or to just let the condition be... "
That's just ridiculous and you know it. Get a grip.<
I didn't make it up. It's true. My father was extremely old-fashioned--he didn't want me reading, driving a car, or going to college because he didn't believe women should do these things. Really.
I have quite a grip. I read a lot, I did go to college, and I've logged many, many more miles driving (quite safely; I have the insurance rates to prove it) than my father ever approached.