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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don’t see anything wrong with this. What I do have an issue with, and this is not common but it does happen: extremely frugal and stingy parents. To the point of not providing their childrens needs because they do not want to spend money[/quote]

We are suuuuuper frugal but it runs in favor of our kids always. Like we don't go out to eat almost ever and take cheap vacations and never buy new clothes or furniture so that we can afford to make sure our kids can participate in activities and have high quality childcare and we can afford quality shoes and winter coats for them. I think sometimes our friends get annoyed at our frugality because it's inconvenient to them -- they want us to join them for an expensive vacation house rental or spend a bunch of money on some random and potentially not even fun weekend activity, and we'll decline because we want to be able to afford piano lessons for DD. As I always tel my DH, "It's no one else's business how we choose to spend our money."

But one reason we are like this is because my parents were the opposite plus had way more disposable income. Like my parents refused to to let me participate in certain HS sports because of cost even though I was talented and committed, but then my dad would blow hundreds of dollars on tickets to an NFL game and then forget to go. They are very selfish people who had kids and then resented spending any money on us at all. I always vowed I'd be the opposite when I had kids.[/quote]

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