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My grandmother grew up during the great depression and often went hungry as a child. Decades later when she had plenty of money she still refused to ever throw
by cageface 4y ago
My grandmother grew up during the great depression and often went hungry as a child.
Decades later when she had plenty of money she still refused to ever throw anything away. Her huge house was stuffed full of balls of old string, used popsicle sticks, ancient newspapers and wire.
- NickRandom 4y agoI had a relative that was a child during WWII and they had some very distinctive (borderline maladaptive) 'quirks' .... One of which is they would never take the last item of anything from out of the fridge (eggs, cheese slices etc) and would become irate if anybody else did. They (much like your grandmother) were also unable/unwilling to throw anything out 'just in case'.