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>> I want to be able to provide her with whatever she needs growing up, be in any extracurriculars she wants, great Christmas', buy her a car, braces, send her to any college, pay for her wedding, etc. while still saving for DH
@Heathur: Great, another spoiled brat
@FoFa:
Definitely not true. Growing up we lived paycheck to paycheck, until I was about 10 & my father had worked his way up to making 6 figures at his job & my mom worked her way to making pretty dang close it as well. They've both been at their companies for over 20 years & both started at the bottom to work their way up. So I remember dollar store Christmases & my sister's hand me downs while living in Aldine, but then I also remember building their dream house in Atascocita, being able to buy whatever clothes & shoes I wanted, cruises & family vacations to Mexico, extravagant Christmases, & the look on my face when my dad surprised me with the perfect car. Growing up, I wanted for nothing. My Christmases whether big or small were always fulfilling & my car allowed me to start working at 16. I feel like I pretty much had an ideal childhood. What's important to me though was always having my parents there for me, knowing I could go to them for anything (& I don't mean financially), etc. I was raised not to judge others, appreciate everything, feel entitled to NOTHING, & give to others (we volunteered on Christmas eve's at George R. Brown to serve the less fortunate & made things like soap for seniors at nursing homes.) I plan on doing the same for her. We have been buying & saving toys this year to take to kids at the terminal ward of Texas children's this Christmas & we bake things for the seniors at my grandmothers senior apartment complex that don't have family near them. Well provide for does NOT necessarily mean brat if they're raised right.
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