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22. What my mom always told me when I was growing up: a girl should carry some mad money on a date

Reply to Attilatheblond (Reply #12)

Fri Feb 16, 2024, 03:27 PM

Feb 2024

What? They don’t do this any more?

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I can attest to the Willis testimony of paying everything with cash. There was a time when [View all] JohnSJ Feb 2024 OP

Agreed DemMedic Feb 2024 #1

I still keep cash on hand. WhiteTara Feb 2024 #2

I'm known among family & friends to be one who always has cash. CrispyQ Feb 2024 #3

It's something black people do, and women do too ms liberty Feb 2024 #4

Im in my young 50s and my partner gets mad if I don't have cash FreeState Feb 2024 #5

I don't attend local high school sports events because they don't take cash Raven123 Feb 2024 #6

My Dad always had a $100 bill in his wallet. MineralMan Feb 2024 #7

I always keep $60 in twenties in my billfold obamanut2012 Feb 2024 #11

I squirrel away cash Bettie Feb 2024 #8

I work in cannabis ripcord Feb 2024 #9

My parents are in their 70s and still love keeping oodles of cash in their billfolds obamanut2012 Feb 2024 #10

When my nephew's British great grandmother passed and he helped close up her home... Attilatheblond Feb 2024 #13

What a nice surprise for them! obamanut2012 Feb 2024 #17

The old girl always kept some gin in the house too Attilatheblond Feb 2024 #31

Girls/young women used to carry 'mad money' just in case Attilatheblond Feb 2024 #12

What my mom always told me when I was growing up: a girl should carry some mad money on a date Hekate Feb 2024 #22

Since I am WELL past the stage of being a 'girl' at age 70+ Attilatheblond Feb 2024 #30

I'm 67 and my life is now plastic. It's due to many things. Not my choice. LeftInTX Feb 2024 #34

I always carried money...and once in Highschool a boy got to handsy and wasn't listening Demsrule86 Feb 2024 #45

Cash was king when I grew up unc70 Feb 2024 #14

Also, those raised in a depression as my parents were...always kept money in the house and Demsrule86 Feb 2024 #15

Yes. I remember my father had a money clip which contained the bills. JohnSJ Feb 2024 #16

Fani could be my daughter..LOL But really, it's her business, not about our parents LeftInTX Feb 2024 #24

I keep money in the House. My Dad always said to and he lived through the depression. Demsrule86 Feb 2024 #44

They didn't have much choice. Igel Feb 2024 #18

No, but their parents were Hekate Feb 2024 #23

It's really none of our business, unless they are implying that cash is being used because it can't be traced. LeftInTX Feb 2024 #26

You would be surprised even in this day how many Black folks face having checks or Demsrule86 Feb 2024 #46

Yep. They didn't trust the banks. Years ago, when an old farmer neighbor died, Sogo Feb 2024 #19

My father was the same way peggysue2 Feb 2024 #20

I think I'm going to go get some cash. GoodRaisin Feb 2024 #21

Me too. I used to carry small amts, (change, tips, up to $20, etc) but around that time, poof. LeftInTX Feb 2024 #25

Checks are obsolete for me too, GoodRaisin Feb 2024 #32

I don't do Zelle or anything like this. This credit card everywhere is new for me. It was always checks, checks, checks LeftInTX Feb 2024 #33

I still have a checkbook because a few of the mom and pop stores I patronize don't take cards. shrike3 Feb 2024 #37

Most of the mom and pop places don't take checks around here. They were the first to stop. LeftInTX Feb 2024 #38

The explanation I get, "the fees are too high and we don't want to pass them along to customers." shrike3 Feb 2024 #39

There are too many "hot checks" around here. Most take cash and card, but I rarely carry cash. LeftInTX Feb 2024 #40

Right. Me too. Lol. nt ecstatic Feb 2024 #42

I still like cash bottomofthehill Feb 2024 #27

I have friends -- one family in particular -- who do almost everything in cash. live love laugh Feb 2024 #28

I always have a couple/few hundred on me.... getagrip_already Feb 2024 #29

I have no credit cards Jacson6 Feb 2024 #35

I started using cash more often 40 years ago. Delmette2.0 Feb 2024 #36

I think it's generational and regional ecstatic Feb 2024 #41

Fani's father explained in court today moondust Feb 2024 #43