Yes. Live within your means. Better yet, live below your means and put something aside for a rainy day, or to pass on to the progeny. I still buy what little I need from thrift stores. Except underwear. I will not buy used underwear 😁.
When my husband and I got married 48 years ago, everyone said we’d never be able to survive unless we both worked at paying jobs. The more I was told that being a full-time homemaker and mother was impossible, the more determined I became to prove the skeptics wrong. And the guy is right; it’s not that difficult. Luckily, my husband and I were both raised to live within our means, so it came naturally to us.
It has and still works. Many not willing to sacrifice, for various reasons.
The marketing campaigns have been very effective
BoB, they just don’t teach that mindset today. As a married couple for 52 years, we determined that we were never going to afford the best, the newest, or even the item/service itself. We determined right after we were married for a year that it was CHEAPER for Mom to stay home ad run things and for Dad to go to work. Best decisions we ever made!
And i might add here that a homemaker and mother of children has one of the Hardest Jobs On Earth. Don’t let anybody tell you different.
I think he meant to say, “the wife says no”.
So? ‘Tis a wise husband that LISTENS. And Heeds, I might add.
Yes. Live within your means. Better yet, live below your means and put something aside for a rainy day, or to pass on to the progeny. I still buy what little I need from thrift stores. Except underwear. I will not buy used underwear 😁.
When my husband and I got married 48 years ago, everyone said we’d never be able to survive unless we both worked at paying jobs. The more I was told that being a full-time homemaker and mother was impossible, the more determined I became to prove the skeptics wrong. And the guy is right; it’s not that difficult. Luckily, my husband and I were both raised to live within our means, so it came naturally to us.
It has and still works. Many not willing to sacrifice, for various reasons.
The marketing campaigns have been very effective
BoB, they just don’t teach that mindset today. As a married couple for 52 years, we determined that we were never going to afford the best, the newest, or even the item/service itself. We determined right after we were married for a year that it was CHEAPER for Mom to stay home ad run things and for Dad to go to work. Best decisions we ever made!
And i might add here that a homemaker and mother of children has one of the Hardest Jobs On Earth. Don’t let anybody tell you different.
I think he meant to say, “the wife says no”.
So? ‘Tis a wise husband that LISTENS. And Heeds, I might add.