How old are the OSers here

milliesmama

I am 26 and single mum to my daughter who is 11months.

Emmacw

I am 39, 40 in 15 days time :eek: , OH is 43 and we have DD1 20 (21 in August) and DD2 11 in July.

Very regular lurker and wannabe OStyler but full time work (out of the house 7.30 - 6.30pm) makes this a tad difficult. Don't regularly post as don't think I have much to offer but I am a sponge soaking up all the tips on OS. I do now bake on a weekly basis which is a million miles from where I used to be and I cut my dishwasher tablets in half!

Wish I had as much imagination as some of you or the energy/inclination to be truely OS but every little bits helps!!

emma x

melvis

I'm 26 (nearly 27 :eek:) and OH is 31. No children yet but fingers crossed it will be soon. We have a dog and 3 cats. As OH has been out of work I have to money save OS as much as poss as my wages/tax credits are stretched and OH isn't entitled to benefits as I work full time :mad:

In_Search_Of_Me

38 (almost 39!), divorced (best decision I ever made!!) with 3 cats (1 British blue & 2 moggie sisters), 1 turtle and tadpoles in my allotment pond!! Professional who went loopy with spending, had a major LBM and been on DFW for a couple of years and recently thought it time to tackle the GB!

Lalaladybird

I was just wondering the ages of the people who try to live the OS way. I'm 29 but most of my friends think I'm nuts to do the things I do, they are so used to spending and using credit cards etc they can't imagine just trying not to spend:rolleyes: So I was wondering if most of the people on here are older than me and maybe have a different attitude to money etc. What are your view on this OSers?

Bella79

im 29 too ! im trying to be more os i want to pass my cooking baking skills onto my daughter and the thought of her going to school not knowing what a carrott or cabbage is scares me to death !! lol

Ive always been brought up in a os way always sat round table in evening for dinner mum there was always a home cooked meal on the go alhtough mum wasnt much of a baker my nan taught me .

my hubby loves food and really appricates the meals i provide and i get so much joy from feeding my family .

last night for eg there was supposed to be s the three of us but mum and dad ended up coming too we all sat round table cramped up and i made roast chicken dinner and hm apple crumble without much fuss at all.

im known in the family as the place to coem for food lol and i love it x

thriftlady_2

Just looked at your poll and was staggered to see that over 60% of Old Stylers were in their 20s. Then I realised only 3 people had voted:rotfl:

I'm nearly 43 and I'm thrilled that more and more younger people are enjoying the old style way of life:j

Olliebeak

Looks like I'm one of the 'granny-grunts' on the board then! I'm 57 and was brought up to be OS by my nan in the 50's. I don't think it was just a post-war thing with her - pretty certain she had been like that all her life. Even after I went to live with my mum and dad, life was still quite OS and make-do-and-mend. I've continued it ever since - though, regarding food shopping, I had slipped from it quite a bit - until I found this site/forum about 18mths ago. Things have definitely improved since then - think I would have been really worried financially by now, if I hadn't changed my ways.

misskool

29 too

And now that frugal is the new buzz word, I'm in fashion

MRSTITTLEMOUSE

Olliebeak wrote: »

Looks like I'm one of the 'granny-grunts' on the board then! I'm 57 and was brought up to be OS by my nan in the 50's. I don't think it was just a post-war thing with her - pretty certain she had been like that all her life. Even after I went to live with my mum and dad, life was still quite OS and make-do-and-mend. I've continued it ever since - though, regarding food shopping, I had slipped from it quite a bit - until I found this site/forum about 18mths ago. Things have definitely improved since then - think I would have been really worried financially by now, if I hadn't changed my ways.

I'm like you Olliebeak,I'm coming up to 54.Like you I was brought up by my gran and OS is normal to me.My daughters all in their 30s think I'm an old skinflint and I realy feel shocked at the amount of money they waste.My efforts to make them see the light seems to be in vain I suppose.So it has'nt rubbed off on them.