My parents opened a bank account for me when I was really little, and I think I paid for some of my university education with my savings. I've always been a bit of a saver.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
When I finished school, I took my entire life savings - $5,000 - and invested it in a business. I was young. I was inexperienced. But I was an entrepreneur, and I was proud. And in six weeks, I was broke.
My parents were working class folks. My dad was a bartender for most of his life, my mom was a maid and a cashier and a stock clerk at WalMart. We were not people of financial means in terms of significant financial means. I always told them, 'I didn't always have what I wanted. I always had what I needed.' My parents always provided that.
After I saved some money, I quit work and went to a local college.
Every time I got paid, I would give my parents money. I would save some money, and I would have a little money to spend.
I started LearnVest with a tiny savings account where I paid designers, technologists, and even bartered... Because I started with paying for things myself with my own savings, it sharpened my focus of how to spend money.
My parents wanted me to work in a bank or as an accountant.
I started out from a pretty modest background, so I always had a pretty good sense of money. I always had to work for my money, save my own money, I always bought my own stuff with my money... trying not to waste money unnecessarily.
My mother opened a bank account for me when I made $60 on my first day of work as an extra. She's that kind of mother.
I never saved my money. Whenever I worked in the past, I would spend it on my family or my husbands.
My parents put everything in a trust fund for me. I won't get it until I'm 18, so I'll use it for college.