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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP is cheap not poor . YUCK[/quote]

I'm "cheap," not poor, too.  Why, "yuck?"  I imagine my investment accounts, retirement accounts, rental properties, jewelry, etc. exceed yours but my kids are almost always in hand me downs and thrift store finds.[b]  You'd never know it[/b]:  Justice, Under Armour, Nike, Land's End, etc.  I'll "yuk" it up all the way to the bank and teach my kids a lesson, too.  :)[/quote]

My parents were frugal, I am the opposite. 
It was shutty seeing other people have more and better stuff.
Hope your bank account makes you happy.
We go to Cayman and Europe annually.[/quote]

Did you not read my post?  Other kids don't have more or better stuff.

Which do you think my kids will appreciate a decade from now:  that their college and, if they wish, graduate schools, are paid for, they will never have to worry about taking care of their parents, took nice vacations (Ireland, Canada, and Yellowstone were our last 3), etc OR that their mom and dad drove BMWs/Mercedes, leased new cars every few years, lived in huge homes and they will have to forge their eat through college including massive debt accumulation?  Hmmmmmm...[/quote]

I would rather have the parents who spent money on clothes and fun.[/quote]

Different priorities, I guess.   Hope you feel the same way in 20 years and are happy you spent $40 on a shirt for a child that was later donated and bought by me for my kid for $3.  I know I'll be happy with our choices then.  If you will be, too, then great!  Your choices help mine!!  ;)[/quote]

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