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Originally Posted by jaybo12
You guys are kidding right? Are you really saying the lifestyle you guys had growing up on your parents 40k could be had present day for the same price???
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Um, yeah. I'm only 9 years out of living with my parents.
Things we didn't have that people insist are necessary now:
1) Computer
2) Cell phones
3) Never went out to eat, most meals were made with noodles & chicken broth
4) Never went to the movies
5) Never been to Disney anything
6) Had one pair of shoes that lasts 2-4 years before being replaced
7) Only had clothes that were bought on sale, no name brands
8) Bought my own car for $200.00 when I turned 16, worked since I was 15 and paid my own insurance
9) Paid my own college, worked all day/school all night
10) Had one TV in our house, 28"
11) Had basic cable
12) Had one car, my dad's which was used. He has had three new cars in his life...one in 1968 and one in 1999 and 2005
13) We lived in the same house my entire life
14) My dad bought the lot his house was built on and helped the builder, build it.
That is life on a school teachers salary and ya know what, wouldn't change a minute of it for the world. Hard work didn't kill anyone, laziness & excuses do.
YES, it most definitely is possible. People choose to make it not possible.