[American Quilter]

Those people who lived through the great depression aren't the same people who wallow in credit card debt.

That was certainly true of my parents, who were born in 1915 and 1920 respectively.

[BigSkyFreeper]

My grandparents were frugal for a reason. They just stayed in that habit the rest of their lives, of saving their money, and my grandmother in her retirement sits atop a huge pile of cash.