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@Vivian

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@Vivian wrote:

My 96 year old mother is the cheapest person I’ve ever known. She says her «frugality» was caused by the Great Depression. However, her father had a job at that time and Mom’s siblings never exhibited such cheapness.

Here are just a few examples from the past decade. There are many more in family history but I won’t bore you with TMI. Mom washes out and reuses paper towels. She buys ONLY those groceries that are on sale. She refuses to make needed repairs on her home unless there’s an emergency. Her home was overrun by termites when she finally called an exterminator. After Hurricane Sandy she lost shingles on her roof. She waited several years before calling a roofer, and insisted on a patch job only. She hired illegal aliens to seal her driveway and ran after them when she was dissatisfied with their work...literally ran after them in the street to get her money back. Thank goodness I was there to stop her.

Despite the fact that my mother is well-off, she buys as much as she can from the Dollar Store. She uses all their cleaning products. Heaven knows what’s in them. She buys produce from a cheapo market that carries rejects from supermarkets. She has a 24/7 aide and refused to buy her $5 worth of fried chicken because Mom said she would not be eating any of it. I told her that was a penny-wise-pound-foolish decision because now the aide may feel resentful. I could go on and on but I’ve made my point.

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OMG I have a friend just like your mom.  I think even worse.  I can put up with her because I like her in spite of her being cheap.  The only thing I have a problem with is I can,t get her to go to a nice lunch.  When we go out, she packs cheese and crackers in her purse to eat, so no restaurants.  It gets worse, but enough said.  She has a few million and no family.  She admits it,s a sickness.