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In reply to the discussion: Katie Phang is stating that her mother told her to have money stashed away. [View all]Greybnk48
(10,757 posts)When i was 19 (1967), I flew from the midwest to meet my fiance in Alaska (to get married). My family and I had to look up where Ketchikan was as we had never heard of it. My mom was so afraid of me going by myself, she cried for two days. I was actually scared too, but hid it.
About the money. She pinned all of my cash in my bra with a diaper pin! The kind with the big plastic tip, lol. When I got off the plane in Seattle I really had to use the bathroom. I went into the lady's room at Sea-Tac only to find EVERY stall was "pay-to-pee." I had no change and all of my bills were in my bra.
I tried to wait until the bathroom was empty, but that did not seem like it was going to happen in time for me to get the money out, get change, and come back to pee. So the minute no one was there, I crawled under the door like an animal. I was wearing an cute plaid A-line skirt, Peter Pan collar white blouse, nylons, and dress shoes, because everyone dressed up to fly back then.
Here's how well trained I was. I only took out a $20 and pinned the rest back in there like my mom showed me! They all had a good laugh when I wrote and told them what happened!