I can relate to both.

[bdtex]

I'm 73 and I finally understand why my father kept driving the same truck for eighteen years and refused to buy anything he couldn't pay cash for — it wasn't cheapness, it was a kind of dignity I mocked then and would give anything to have now

The man I spent decades pitying for his small life was actually the only person in the family who never let the world tell him what he was worth.

geediting.com

I saw this in my Google feed and I can relate. Struggled with which forum to post it in. My life has been a mix of the author's life and her parents' lives, mostly her parents' lives. What the article doesn't mention is that her parents were most likely born and raised during the Depression as my parents were. I'm 67 and my wife tells me that I have the best qualities of my mother and father. They divorced when I was 14, but had good relations until they died in 2024 and 2025, respectively, at ages 87 and 88, respectively.

Even at 67 and closing in on retirement, I have 2 envelopes that money goes into every day. My truck is 12.5 years old. I had planned to get a new one in April or May, but I've put that off until at least December. Pretty content in the quiet and stillness times of my life.

 

[rightwinger]

My last car, I brought brand new.
I planned on keeping it for ten years and then buy a new one.
But when ten years came up, the car ran just fine and did what I needed it to do. So I kept driving it.
I made a silent vow that if it needed a major repair, I would replace it. But it just kept running.
I would do minor repairs like tires, brakes, oil changes but the sucker kept running.
I finally replaced it after 16 years and 235 thousand miles.
It was still running

 

[Cassandro]

I'm 73 and I finally understand why my father kept driving the same truck for eighteen years and refused to buy anything he couldn't pay cash for — it wasn't cheapness, it was a kind of dignity I mocked then and would give anything to have now

The man I spent decades pitying for his small life was actually the only person in the family who never let the world tell him what he was worth.

geediting.com

I saw this in my Google feed and I can relate. Struggled with which forum to post it in. My life has been a mix of the author's life and her parents' lives, mostly her parents' lives. What the article doesn't mention is that her parents were most likely born and raised during the Depression as my parents were. I'm 67 and my wife tells me that I have the best qualities of my mother and father. They divorced when I was 14, but had good relations until they died in 2024 and 2025, respectively, at ages 87 and 88, respectively.

Even at 67 and closing in on retirement, I have 2 envelopes that money goes into every day. My truck is 12.5 years old. I had planned to get a new one in April or May, but I've put that off until at least December. Pretty content in the quiet and stillness times of my life.

Dave Ramsey?

 

[bdtex]

Dave Ramsey?

No.