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JamieC · January 24th, 2005, 12:20 AM

Hiya Ladybug!!! LTNS

My grandparents raised us and my grandma was the one who generally took care of everything. Although my grandpa worked in a rock quarry (sp) back in the old days, grandma took care of all the bills because unfortunately my grandpa couldn't read!!

He never condoned her for doing so because that was just how it was. He handed the paycheck over to her, she'd deposit it and wrote checks from there.

Nowadays, I'm the purse holder because I learned to manage funds very well. Tell ya what though, when I was a single parent I could work a miracle out of a $20.00 bill feeding two children. Trust me.

January 24th, 2005, 12:20 AM	#2 (permalink)
JamieC SuperModerator JamieC is offline Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: San Diego, Ca Baby And Proud Of It!! Posts: 6,116 Thanks: 90 Thanked 133 Times in 108 Posts Rep Power: 61 Credits: 30,667	Hiya Ladybug!!! LTNS My grandparents raised us and my grandma was the one who generally took care of everything. Although my grandpa worked in a rock quarry (sp) back in the old days, grandma took care of all the bills because unfortunately my grandpa couldn't read!! He never condoned her for doing so because that was just how it was. He handed the paycheck over to her, she'd deposit it and wrote checks from there. Nowadays, I'm the purse holder because I learned to manage funds very well. Tell ya what though, when I was a single parent I could work a miracle out of a $20.00 bill feeding two children. Trust me. __________________ It's Like That Due to the current financial restraints the light at the end of the tunnel will be turned off until further notice.