[quote=SK in CV]Agree with all of this BG, except this part:
It’s hard to bring up a kid these days with your “frugal” values when “reality TV” and their “peers” are everywhere.
I don’t think I worked any harder than any other parent. My daughter just called me, and her exciting news was that she got two shirts before a bachelorette party in Vegas, and they only cost $9. Total. My son shops at 2nd hand stores.
I still wear my 501’s regularly. Though I like the fit of the 5-0-something else better. And flip-flops. Sad they don’t cost $1.05 anymore. Don’t seem to last as long either. My 15 year old car is slightly older than the one I drove in high school.[/quote]
LOL, SK. I have a kid living in SF who has shopped in “consignment shops” there for nearly a decade. They’ve found some incredible (even “vintage”) designer stuff for under $10. And up until a few months ago, they drove one of their dad’s (now 32 year-old) cars.
However, I think some of this “frugality” is just a function of them being a 5+ year college student and then trying to launch from the starter blocks of life, which they have … impressively, I might add.
The kid I still have at home has been watching far too much of the “Kardashians,” IMHO. Do you realize these “bad actors” often change clothes up to seven times in one episode?? :=0
My own vehicle will turn “20” in June. Having put several repairs into it in the past year, I’m planning on getting the oil changed and the tires rotated and taking it back on the road in the coming months.
This year, I’ll refrain from buying any “bad gas” in that infamous “Camp Verde” off I-17 in Aridzona. I later found out it to be the culprit that set off my “Check” light with the little picture of an alternator, which didn’t go off until the next morning (when I refilled the tank with a fuel additive). It was kind of scary when still climbing in that altitude and heat level :=0
