Comments on: I’m the Family Miser? http://www.mapgirl.net/mfc/2008/02/26/im-the-family-miser/ Just tidbits about money and finance. Fri, 21 Nov 2008 23:16:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: Vixen http://www.mapgirl.net/mfc/2008/02/26/im-the-family-miser/#comment-190657 Vixen Wed, 27 Feb 2008 22:17:22 +0000 http://www.mapgirl.net/mfc/2008/02/26/im-the-family-miser/#comment-190657 When I first moved out two years ago, my mother took one look at my bedroom and said, "Wow, Vixen, are you really going to be able to live in here? It's a shoebox." Two years later and I'm finally looking at getting a studio (I rent a room from a house). I like my little bedroom. It's cozy! I agree with Chief Family Officer. Your parents want you to save and be frugal... but not outwardly? You can't please them! When I first moved out two years ago, my mother took one look at my bedroom and said, “Wow, Vixen, are you really going to be able to live in here? It’s a shoebox.” Two years later and I’m finally looking at getting a studio (I rent a room from a house). I like my little bedroom. It’s cozy!

I agree with Chief Family Officer. Your parents want you to save and be frugal… but not outwardly? You can’t please them!

]]> By: Leanne http://www.mapgirl.net/mfc/2008/02/26/im-the-family-miser/#comment-190651 Leanne Wed, 27 Feb 2008 19:53:49 +0000 http://www.mapgirl.net/mfc/2008/02/26/im-the-family-miser/#comment-190651 I think my family would think of me as the miser in the group too. I have a small condo that totally suits my needs. No need for a bigger space, while my parents are currently building a 4700' house for the two of them!! That, I don't understand! :) Oh well, I am happy with what I have and never feel like I am doing without, it's trying to get that through my family's headd that can be difficult! :) I think my family would think of me as the miser in the group too. I have a small condo that totally suits my needs. No need for a bigger space, while my parents are currently building a 4700′ house for the two of them!! That, I don’t understand! :) Oh well, I am happy with what I have and never feel like I am doing without, it’s trying to get that through my family’s headd that can be difficult! :)

]]> By: Chief Family Officer http://www.mapgirl.net/mfc/2008/02/26/im-the-family-miser/#comment-190621 Chief Family Officer Wed, 27 Feb 2008 04:45:47 +0000 http://www.mapgirl.net/mfc/2008/02/26/im-the-family-miser/#comment-190621 This is a universal story, in one way or another. I think the moral is: it's impossible to please our parents. (Yours and mine, anyway, apparently.) I hope to do better by my kids but am not sure that it's possible. In the meantime, for what it's worth, I think you're doing great. You seem happy with your life, which is what really matters. BTW, happy belated birthday! This is a universal story, in one way or another. I think the moral is: it’s impossible to please our parents. (Yours and mine, anyway, apparently.) I hope to do better by my kids but am not sure that it’s possible. In the meantime, for what it’s worth, I think you’re doing great. You seem happy with your life, which is what really matters. BTW, happy belated birthday!

]]> By: Grace http://www.mapgirl.net/mfc/2008/02/26/im-the-family-miser/#comment-190595 Grace Tue, 26 Feb 2008 14:08:26 +0000 http://www.mapgirl.net/mfc/2008/02/26/im-the-family-miser/#comment-190595 Parents are hardwired NOT to get this. My baby sister moved to NYC to be a banker. In her first job, she made more than my father had ever earned. But my parents were appalled by the vintage refrigerator in her apartment and insisted on buying her a new one--never mind that she was seldom in her apartment and all she required of a refrigerator was that it keep the skim milk cold. It's not about being Korean, it's about being MOM or DAD. Parents are hardwired NOT to get this. My baby sister moved to NYC to be a banker. In her first job, she made more than my father had ever earned. But my parents were appalled by the vintage refrigerator in her apartment and insisted on buying her a new one–never mind that she was seldom in her apartment and all she required of a refrigerator was that it keep the skim milk cold. It’s not about being Korean, it’s about being MOM or DAD.

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