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Moved Mother to Savings

I sent my mother a gift of savings along with an invite to join ING. No, this wasn’t just to get the $10 bonus, but it was to encourage her to at least start saving something. We often have talks about money and she’ll agree with many of my suggestions but say that she just can’t save. I figured that if I sent her some cash, a pretty good amount of cash, that it might encourage her to save. I was extra surprised to find out that she came up with the $250 needed to earn the $25 bounus — great. For me, it is a gift knowing that she has started the process and that maybe there’ll be something there when she needs it some day.

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2 Responses to “Moved Mother to Savings”



  • Debt Hater
    December 12th, 2006 00:00
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    We should all be teaching our families what we’ve learned about finance… even if they usually stick their fingers in their ears and go “La la la , la la la la” :-)


  • btc
    December 15th, 2006 17:00
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    Isn’t that the truth? More likely than not, they won’t listen. The desire for things is just too great. But you can have the peace of mind that you’re doing your part to help. Not just financially, but by sharing you knowledge.

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