Quote Originally Posted by niffweed17
my dad, despite having an annual income of about $20-25K (as he's a freelance musician, it varies), has made solid investment choices and lived very frugally for the past twenty or thirty years, and has amassed a significant amount of money. sufficient so that any college tuition that i might have to pay will be paid off with a great deal of spare change.

most of the things i eat are purchased in bulk whenever they are on sale, using his credit card which gives him 3% back or something like that. any unnecessary monthly fees are also strictly forbidden by his standards.
that's awesome