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Meanest/ thriftiest thing you’ve ever heard of

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grannyqueenie Fri 25-Jul-25 09:33:59

So glad “my accountant” has never been like that Kitty. Nor like the husband of a friend, he used to read the meters before he went to work and again when he came home. She was at home all day with small children, while he was in the warmth of John Lewis, and she would be told off if she’d had the hearing on!! We lost touch but I gather they’re still together!!

loopyloo Fri 25-Jul-25 09:27:53

My brother used to reuse his tea bags.

kittylester Fri 25-Jul-25 09:25:16

I have a friend like that too. Fil always did it as did one of my bil. They all trained as accountants.

Jane43 Fri 25-Jul-25 09:16:10

I worked with a girl who used to write every single thing she spent money on each day in a notebook. If she spent more than she felt she should she would debate ways in which she could recoup the money. Her husband had an exceptionally well paid job too.

Shinamae Fri 25-Jul-25 09:12:42

What is a Bodach?

Daddima Fri 25-Jul-25 09:10:06

We were just talking about two unmarried sisters, friends of the Bodach’s mother who lived the most frugal life imaginable. Cornflake breakfast, can of soup lunch, and often ‘something eggy’ for dinner.
However, the length they went to to save money was incredible! They switched off the pilot light on their gas fire to save money, and had an electric cooker with those solid rings, as they could switch the ring off and let the residual heat finish the cooking!
You may not be surprised to hear they had one nephew, a ne’er do well fellow they rarely saw, who inherited a six figure sum.