helen hudson wrote:
> I'm from the UK. My Mother tells me that it was impossible for a single
> woman to get a bond/mortgage when she was in her 20's... only 40 years ago.
Shortly before I was born (just over 30 years ago), my grandfather
divorced my grandmother.
She'd never been permitted to manage her own money - it wasn't
expected that she should. My parents (and her other children, of course)
had to teach her how to manage it - she'd dealt with money on the
level of 'take what your husband gives you and somehow feed and clothe
a family of six on it'. But she had no idea what was in the bank account,
or how to handle having one. She couldn't pay bills, not even rent.
She tells me of times when she would have a man come by to cut off
some service or other, and would have to say 'please don't, I promise
I'll tell my husband to pay it'. She'd have had no idea that they were
behind. And the serviceman would nod understandingly. That was normal.
The lady of the house never did!
<shudder>
I'm soooo glad I don't live like that!
Jenn V.
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