tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2933097612306343473.post1097970262338077588..comments2024-03-28T20:25:15.171-06:00Comments on Brickworks - A Brick Looks At Life: Standing On Your Own Two FeetCindy Brickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09255999402913887987noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2933097612306343473.post-39406225628888976002010-04-19T09:42:51.643-06:002010-04-19T09:42:51.643-06:00I know what you mean! Our girls had way more out-t...I know what you mean! Our girls had way more out-to-eat meals, airplane trips and other goodies than either Husband or myself experienced. (In fact, I'm taking them both to New York City this summer while I'm attending a conference there.) <br /><br />Have they become as thrify/self-reliant as we were forced to be? Yes...and no. I'm glad you brought this up -- I want to write about it in a forthcoming post. Thanks for telling your view on the subject.Cindy Brickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11632889506030476848noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2933097612306343473.post-20098591660996938532010-04-19T00:18:02.612-06:002010-04-19T00:18:02.612-06:00This is very interesting Cindy. I did borrow from...This is very interesting Cindy. I did borrow from my family early in my marriage, but nothing was bought or spent and no one went out for a meal or did anything not absolutely essential until it was paid off. A couple years into my marriage my parents said no when we asked to borrow some cash for a woodstove - their right to do so of course. Well, there we sat with the dog's water freezing in his dish, the houseplants dead from frost and two shivering kids until we had saved the money for the woodstove. It certainly taught us to stop leaning on anyone else. We had quite a few lean years before we got to where we wanted to be and I think the fact that the kids knew what was going on helped shape them into the people they are today - self-reliant, good with a dollar, and fairly thrifty. But I have to say we bend over backwards to help them out when they need it - even to the point of putting ourselves in precarious financial situations, because that is what we want to do. Seems like when you have children, they become the center of your universe and that doesn't change when they kit 20, or 25, or whatever.kerrykatiecakes2https://www.blogger.com/profile/11949171119703114016noreply@blogger.com