Comments on: Is Being Frugal Always Being Different? http://ultimatemoneyblog.com/is-being-frugal-always-being-different Wed, 08 Feb 2012 04:40:13 -0800 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Weekly Thoughts: Happy Grundsow Day | The Amateur Financier http://ultimatemoneyblog.com/is-being-frugal-always-being-different/comment-page-1#comment-21030 Weekly Thoughts: Happy Grundsow Day | The Amateur Financier Wed, 03 Feb 2010 02:28:31 +0000 http://ultimatemoneyblog.com/?p=1127#comment-21030 [...] Is Being Frugal Always Being Different? – I’m not that aggressively frugal (actually, Sondra and I were discussing earlier this week how we need to curtail our spending more), so when I read about fellow personal finance bloggers like Mrs. Money and the lengths they go to save money, I definitely sense a gap between us.  Apparently, she feels the same way, that she is different from the rest of the crowd; perhaps this gap will close eventually, though it could be a long time, I fear. [...] [...] Is Being Frugal Always Being Different? – I’m not that aggressively frugal (actually, Sondra and I were discussing earlier this week how we need to curtail our spending more), so when I read about fellow personal finance bloggers like Mrs. Money and the lengths they go to save money, I definitely sense a gap between us.  Apparently, she feels the same way, that she is different from the rest of the crowd; perhaps this gap will close eventually, though it could be a long time, I fear. [...]

]]> By: Mrs Money http://ultimatemoneyblog.com/is-being-frugal-always-being-different/comment-page-1#comment-21007 Mrs Money Tue, 02 Feb 2010 22:43:41 +0000 http://ultimatemoneyblog.com/?p=1127#comment-21007 Kait- Thanks so much! I know- it's funny how we've evolved and made so many advances and now we're wanting to go back to how things used to be. I think the olden days were much less confusing and a whole lot healthier! I'm glad that your mom and grandma are on board! Kait- Thanks so much!

I know- it’s funny how we’ve evolved and made so many advances and now we’re wanting to go back to how things used to be. I think the olden days were much less confusing and a whole lot healthier! I’m glad that your mom and grandma are on board!

]]> By: Kait Palmer http://ultimatemoneyblog.com/is-being-frugal-always-being-different/comment-page-1#comment-20955 Kait Palmer Tue, 02 Feb 2010 00:28:29 +0000 http://ultimatemoneyblog.com/?p=1127#comment-20955 Just found your blog and love it! Yes I think being frugal and green is different...for now. My mom and grandma used to make fun of me for "going green," but slowly they've caught on and are realizing its more old fashioned than anything else. Glass storage bowls, growing your own garden, using real butter...they now do all that and act like they've been doing it since Moses was born! Whenever I mention something new and green I'm doing (like using powerstrips and turning them off when they're not being used) and they hem and haw at it I just smile and wait a few months...then they're doing it too. :-) Just found your blog and love it!
Yes I think being frugal and green is different…for now.

My mom and grandma used to make fun of me for “going green,” but slowly they’ve caught on and are realizing its more old fashioned than anything else. Glass storage bowls, growing your own garden, using real butter…they now do all that and act like they’ve been doing it since Moses was born!

Whenever I mention something new and green I’m doing (like using powerstrips and turning them off when they’re not being used) and they hem and haw at it I just smile and wait a few months…then they’re doing it too. :-)

]]> By: Mrs Money http://ultimatemoneyblog.com/is-being-frugal-always-being-different/comment-page-1#comment-20820 Mrs Money Sat, 30 Jan 2010 23:11:57 +0000 http://ultimatemoneyblog.com/?p=1127#comment-20820 Simple in France- Thanks so much for commenting! I went and checked out your blog and I love it! I think we could be great friends IRL. :) The family cloth sounds gross, but really isn't if you use it for just #1. ;) Simple in France- Thanks so much for commenting! I went and checked out your blog and I love it! I think we could be great friends IRL. :)

The family cloth sounds gross, but really isn’t if you use it for just #1. ;)

]]> By: Mrs Money http://ultimatemoneyblog.com/is-being-frugal-always-being-different/comment-page-1#comment-20819 Mrs Money Sat, 30 Jan 2010 23:07:37 +0000 http://ultimatemoneyblog.com/?p=1127#comment-20819 Lulu- I think it's great that you are frugal too! We've got to stick together. :) 30 minutes is so hard to go out to get lunch! Brown bagging is the way to go. Great job on sticking with your frugality! It pays off! :) Lulu- I think it’s great that you are frugal too! We’ve got to stick together. :) 30 minutes is so hard to go out to get lunch! Brown bagging is the way to go.

Great job on sticking with your frugality! It pays off! :)

]]> By: Simple in France http://ultimatemoneyblog.com/is-being-frugal-always-being-different/comment-page-1#comment-20808 Simple in France Sat, 30 Jan 2010 18:46:21 +0000 http://ultimatemoneyblog.com/?p=1127#comment-20808 Fun! I just found your site. Does being frugal always mean being different? I'm not sure. I live in France with my husband and see his family a lot--they are frugal in their own way, watching what they spend, comparing prices, never buying on credit etc. I feel different here because we don't have a TV, for example, but no one has a dryer really. I also use my 'hot box' to cook food for long periods of time, which is different from most people, but my in-laws basically think it's great. They worry that we don't eat meat or when we weren't using our heater. As for cleaning with vinegar, nobody bugs me about that. Haven't ever tried the family cloth yet . . .it might spark rebellion, but then again, you never know . . . Fun! I just found your site. Does being frugal always mean being different? I’m not sure. I live in France with my husband and see his family a lot–they are frugal in their own way, watching what they spend, comparing prices, never buying on credit etc. I feel different here because we don’t have a TV, for example, but no one has a dryer really. I also use my ‘hot box’ to cook food for long periods of time, which is different from most people, but my in-laws basically think it’s great. They worry that we don’t eat meat or when we weren’t using our heater. As for cleaning with vinegar, nobody bugs me about that. Haven’t ever tried the family cloth yet . . .it might spark rebellion, but then again, you never know . . .

]]> By: Mrs Money http://ultimatemoneyblog.com/is-being-frugal-always-being-different/comment-page-1#comment-20762 Mrs Money Sat, 30 Jan 2010 00:51:23 +0000 http://ultimatemoneyblog.com/?p=1127#comment-20762 Zella- Us too!! We didn't want to buy a house in a subdivision because we didn't want restrictions on what we can and can't do. We're so glad we did what we did. Sometimes I think we're a little redneck with our clothesline and wood pile and garden beds, but that's okay. :) Zella- Us too!! We didn’t want to buy a house in a subdivision because we didn’t want restrictions on what we can and can’t do. We’re so glad we did what we did. Sometimes I think we’re a little redneck with our clothesline and wood pile and garden beds, but that’s okay. :)

]]> By: Mrs Money http://ultimatemoneyblog.com/is-being-frugal-always-being-different/comment-page-1#comment-20761 Mrs Money Sat, 30 Jan 2010 00:50:27 +0000 http://ultimatemoneyblog.com/?p=1127#comment-20761 Akborn- I think that the simpler you live, the happier you are. But that's just me. :P I think it's awesome that you were raised that way. It makes me angry how many people (including myself) take for granted the living conditions we have here in the US. We are so spoiled! Thanks for your comment! Akborn- I think that the simpler you live, the happier you are. But that’s just me. :P

I think it’s awesome that you were raised that way. It makes me angry how many people (including myself) take for granted the living conditions we have here in the US. We are so spoiled! Thanks for your comment!

]]> By: Lulu http://ultimatemoneyblog.com/is-being-frugal-always-being-different/comment-page-1#comment-20741 Lulu Fri, 29 Jan 2010 18:20:08 +0000 http://ultimatemoneyblog.com/?p=1127#comment-20741 I am one of the very few frugal-ish people I know so I can sympathize with you. I have a budget and stick to it and my co-workers simply cannot understand why I don't just whip out cash when they decide last minute on a Thursday to order pizza. I am the only one in my workplace who brings a lunch bag to work (even though we only get 30 minutes as teachers). I am the only one who uses coupons....and I was also the only one who did not have a fear of the January bills for Christmas spending....so I take being different and I love it. I am one of the very few frugal-ish people I know so I can sympathize with you. I have a budget and stick to it and my co-workers simply cannot understand why I don’t just whip out cash when they decide last minute on a Thursday to order pizza.

I am the only one in my workplace who brings a lunch bag to work (even though we only get 30 minutes as teachers).

I am the only one who uses coupons….and I was also the only one who did not have a fear of the January bills for Christmas spending….so I take being different and I love it.

]]> By: Zella http://ultimatemoneyblog.com/is-being-frugal-always-being-different/comment-page-1#comment-20729 Zella Fri, 29 Jan 2010 13:35:30 +0000 http://ultimatemoneyblog.com/?p=1127#comment-20729 I don't think it's abnormal to be frugal (these days, at least), but I have deliberately chosen a neighborhood without an HOA so that I can be frugal without having to deal with other people about it. Educating people is only fun when you don't have lawsuits over clotheslines. :) I don’t think it’s abnormal to be frugal (these days, at least), but I have deliberately chosen a neighborhood without an HOA so that I can be frugal without having to deal with other people about it. Educating people is only fun when you don’t have lawsuits over clotheslines. :)

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