Nice. I agree. My parents also went through the depression.
(Sorry that money split your marriage. )
My grandparents’ stories of hunting for 3 pennies to buy ice to make ice cream back in their poor days affected me. And my parents lived within their means.
Fortunately, my husband and I agreed to do our best to live without debt. We bought a humble home and paid it off in a few years so that I could stay home with our children. No debt. We pay cash for our cars - usually buy used cars which are fine with us. Not into fancy.
LOL! “My grandparents’ stories of hunting for 3 pennies to buy ice to make ice cream back in their poor days affected me. And my parents lived within their means.” Reminded me of when I was a kid in utah. On Saturday, my sister and I would go barefoot to the neighbors to borrow their red Radio Flyer wagon. Then with a 50-cent-piece, we’d walk to the service station through the block, and buy a 50-pound block of ice to put into the old wooden icebox refrigerator we had.
Nice. I agree. My parents also went through the depression.
(Sorry that money split your marriage. )
My grandparents’ stories of hunting for 3 pennies to buy ice to make ice cream back in their poor days affected me. And my parents lived within their means.
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Money while putting pressure on the marriage isn’t what ended it. There were a host of other problems I and she were unable to overcome. Many marriage councilors encouraged me to not worry about the money, that it was unimportant in the grand scheme of things so I pretty much obeyed them and did what I could to manage our finances despite her lack of restraint.
Some people are just not good candidates for marriage. Selfishness displays itself in many ways, money is only one of them and perhaps far from the most damaging one in a relationship. It was selfishness that destroyed the relationship.