Have you ever been mistaken for a homeless person? True story! :-)

[BeardedChick]

The key to staying wealthy, once you've got there in the first place, is to not leak money right and left buying things you don't really need Plus, really secure people of *any* financial bracket generally dress to please themselves, not an audience

That's exactly it - and where ya been Pat? I wondered if you were OK.

We are "wealthy" by most standards. I do so love blending in and being invisible around town in my old clothes. Most people don't look at me twice, and honestly I prefer it that way. Especially when I get out of my little cheapie ancient 'economy' truck with the door that always makes a loud crunch when you open it.

There's maybe a couple dollars in my (home-made) wallet. You have to be able to save and live well below your means if you want to accumulate wealth... I grew up with a destitute family & had to give myself a leg up through hard work and education. It makes saving money a habit.

ETA: currently in hand-me-down jeans my brother gave me.

 

[The Chicken Lady]

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There is so much win in this post.

 

[erthymom2]

"Have you ever been mistaken for a homeless person?"

Not that, but I was asked alot when I was overwight "When is the baby due??" when I wasn't even pregnant!!!

 

[Mac in Wisco]

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That's funny. Never heard that before. I used to work with two Asian fellows, both around 20 years old at the time. One was Hmong, born in Wisconsin, grew up in Atlanta. The other was Thai, born and raised in Illinois. Those two were like night and day. The Hmong fellow was as white as can be. He spoke English like any other American. His name was Ole, which I got a kick out of, it being a typical Norwegian name. I asked him how he got that name, where his parents had immigrated from and such. He could tell me little. His parents had never told him much and he was raised just as any other American kid. Which was in stark contrast to his friend, the Thai fellow. Nicest kid you'd ever meet, but I swear his parents never let him leave the house when he was growing up. Born in Illinois, yet spoke very broken English and was extremely naive. We spent a great deal of time just teaching him about life in general.

 

[the1much]

happens to me all the time

,, i thought that was normal

 

[debilorrah]

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I thought of you when I read this post....

 

[Dar]

DH and i were car shopping last year when we went to the car lot and looked around for a bit and the sales man came to us and said "we have some older cash sale cars over here"...so always on the look out for a good bargin we went and had a look...nothing there we were intrested in..I was looking for a A to B car nothing special bla bla bla..

we went back to the "newer" used cars and found one we liked..took it for a test drive and decided thats what would do the trick so sat down to talk about payments..the car was going to be a whopping $120 a month with their inhouse financing...so I asked what about bank rates..I was told .."ummm I dont know if I can get you a bank deal"..he asked us if we made more then $1500 a month..DH looked at me and grined..(we knew what was up)..we both answered yes..he asked how much we make combined a month ..we answered him $x,000.00 per month..his chin hit the floor and exclaimed LEGALLY?..CAN YOU PROVE IT?..we laughed at him as we walked out the door (without the car)..

DH is an Industral Mechanic, Indrustral Electrician, and Industral Mechanical Eng.

I am a Nurses aid..

we walked into the dealership after working in the coop getting the run all fixed..comon we washed our hands before leaving the house and changed our shoes..

 

[Dar]

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that is sooo embarassing when that happens...My DD was 3 and I was working in a clients home and her DD asked me when I was due as she touched my tummy

I said she is 3...
DD's chin hit the floor and i got a really nice X-Mas gift that year...

 

[the1much]

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I thought of you when I read this post....

hahaha

people will stop here,, i guess they think im a half cripple, we sell chicks,, so we must be "in need",, they'll see some of my adults,,, ( after being told all i have for sale are chicks) ,, and they'll say,, hey,, i'll give ya 10 whole bucks for that hen,,,, i just laugh at em,, lol,,,, had a docter stop in his Mercedes ,, try to get a couple of my "good" roo's,,, opened his wallet,, held it over for me to see,,, said,, how much?? ,, i got the cash,,,,,,,,,,,,,, i pulled out my "duct tape" wallet ( MADE from duct tape lol ) and open it and show him inside mine,,,, said,,,,, how much you want for that car??

 

[jackiedon]

I'm from Arkansas and I have a very country draw in fact the summer after high school I worked as a radio dispatcher at the local police department and people listened to their scanners for entertainment.

I was working at Children's Hospital and I was waiting for the shuddle bus to the parking lot. I was waiting with an English nurse, I knew well. We were chatting away when a parent came up to us and asked us if we rode on the boat together to America. We were so shocked but she spoke up and said "No we rode bus together" The parent was puzzled and we were cracking up because there is a definite difference in our accents.

jackie