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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My FIL is like this. He’s worth tens of millions and gets stressed if we don’t pull our credit card out super fast to pay for his meal at the McDonald's drive through. Refuses to pay someone to fix serious house problems like big leaks etc and makes us do it. Obviously at this level and OP’s level it’s a psychological issue that isn’t going to be solved in their twilight years. [/quote] There's a huge difference between thrifty, which I think of as choosing not to spend your own money on yourself, and being cheap, which is burdening others. Eating at McDonalds rather than the Inn at Little Washington is thrifty. Refusing to pay for yourself at McDonalds is cheap. My grandparents wouldn't spend an unncessary penny on themselves but were extremely generous to friends and family. Would we have prefer to see them indulge themselves a little more? Yes. But they were adults who were perfectly able to make their own decisions.[/quote]
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