The frugal by nature question has had me thinking about where my 'fruggieness' comes from.
My mother stretched her dollars but splurged on clothes and tried to get us to hide the spending from Dad - not a good money lesson. My Dad is the King of ReUse, so maybe some of this came from them.
My grandmother that I spent the most time with was cautionary with her money and I had a great-grandmother WELL-KNOWN for her tightwaddery, resaleing, junking...so much so that I have her name as my personna/email addie on other forums! My sister is wonderful at managing her money in regards to bill paying, etc., but not investment savvy.
The Hubster's family has always been big on comparison shopping and coupon useage to the point of driving me mad upon ocassion. It took me forever to learn when we first married that when he said we were going shopping that only meant we were going looking and not buying. And we were going to look at 30 stores before the day was over. I do not shop with him. God Love Him and So Do I, but get a life already!! Sorry, hope I don't offend some of you great comparison shoppers!! But, my patience wears thin after going back to the same store for the third time looking to buy a $25 item. Uh...make a D.E.C.I.S.I.O.N.
I think I get most of it though from my own life experiences. I saw some bits here and there from the family but mostly seems to have come from the school of hard knocks.
What about YouzGuyz&Galz?????? Do you have a frugal ancestor or frugal mentor at whom you can point the GIANT FINGER of frugalness blame/blessing?