[Ima saver]

Both my parents went thru the depression. If they wanted something, they saved and payed cash for it. When my father retired from 30 years in the army, they moved to Fla. and paid cash for their house. They also paid cash for their cars. They never had credit ever.
My father died a year and a half later and my mother really struggled. Being born in 1907, women in that generation did not work and she had never had a job.
I never once saw my mother waste money on anything. She never bought herself one single thing after my father died. The bills came first, food was if there was money left over. Our bills were always paid, but my sister and I both got jobs and worked for our school things, clothes, etc. I got a job at a dress shop at age 12 making $3 a day.
I learned how to save then.
As I have mentioned before, when I got married, I was making $1 an hour. I saved as much as I could for a down payment and got my first house (new) at age 21.
My first husband was never on the same page with me when it came to saving, that is why he was my ex!