When I was growing up, I am now 41, my dad worked at the post office and my mom stayed home. We did not have a lot of extra money...so eating out was very rare. We had game night on Friday nights and my grandparents would join us. My grandfathers sisters were older and though they had money, we never knew they had much by the way they lived, would play Monopoly with my brother and I every Sunday afternoon after Sunday dinner. My maternal grandparents were not rich, but I managed to always have more than most because of them. When I turned 16 my parents bought me a $200.00 car and said if I wanted more than that, I would have to work for it, and I did and still do....I always appreciated my parents and grandparents sacrafices for good dental care and the extras we received as children...I never received what most children now get, new cars and tons of designer clothes, but my parents were always there and we all ate dinner together every night and what you remember most about your childhood won't be all the stuff you got, it will be about the time your family spent together.
