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How old are the OSers here

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  • Atalanta
    Atalanta Posts: 84 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    I'm 38 and so is DH. DS1 is 6, DS2 is 3. I've always been quite OS as it was how I was brought up and also I went to Asia travelling in my early 20s and realising how wasteful we generally are by comparison made me want to live more simply.
  • Aril
    Aril Posts: 1,877 Forumite
    1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    I'm 41 and DH is 48. DS is nearly 10. We own a mad cat [affectionately known as psycho cat] called Twitten.
    Aril
    Aiming for a life of elegant frugality wearing a new-to-me silk shirt rather than one of hair!
  • sammy_kaye18
    sammy_kaye18 Posts: 3,768 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Homepage Hero Name Dropper
    twink wrote: »
    ok then i admit to being 59 seeing as how i am not the oldest here :D


    :eek: Twink, are you really? I always had this image of you being a svelt little mid twenty year old! Didnt realise you had little grand babies. how crazy is that!

    Aint it funny the mental image and persception you have of certain other members.

    Wheres D&DD - bet shes nothing like I imagined either
    Time to find me again
  • wyebird
    wyebird Posts: 755 Forumite
    I'm 42. DH is 45. DD nearly 21 and has just finished uni so will be back when the lease runs out on her house ...not sure where we are going to fit three years of stuff in. DS is 15 and lives in his bedroom, popping out to play footy and eat me out of house and home. 2 dogs and 2 cats and parents who have run away to live on a canal boat :-)
  • arkonite_babe
    arkonite_babe Posts: 7,365 Forumite
    1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    I'm 33 and DH is 44 in about 2 weeks time :D

    I have 2 step daughters and i'm trying very hard to be OS
  • metherer
    metherer Posts: 560 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Photogenic Combo Breaker
    I'm 28, DH is 35 (only til August tho). No kids, but two cats.
    We're OS because DH is on incapacity benefit, so my meagre salary has to pay for the majority of things.

    Metherer
    Not heavily in debt, but still trying to sort things out.
    Baby due July 2018.
  • twink
    twink Posts: 3,826 Forumite
    1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    :eek: Twink, are you really? I always had this image of you being a svelt little mid twenty year old! Didnt realise you had little grand babies. how crazy is that!

    sorry to have burst your bubble sammy_kaye, i really dont look 59 :D:D bet that entices kyle my dd back on here again:D

    you are my friend for life now lol
  • Benthosboy
    Benthosboy Posts: 417 Forumite
    I'm 19 with 25 years experience :o

    At the moment, I'm living in my motorhome with my two dogs, Finn the Border Collie and Mollie the Springer Spaniel. (this will hopefully change in the near future but that's another story :D ) I try and be as OS as I can, mainly because I've simply had to learn to "fend for myself" for the past few months but also because it's a whole lot more satisfying as well.

    Man try :D
    LBM: 12.2.08.
    Debt-free as of July '09 :j and determined not to go there, ever again :mad:
    DFW Nerd Club #902 Proud to have dealt with my debts.
  • Nikki
    Nikki Posts: 775 Forumite
    I'm 35, DH is 33 and the kids are 13,10 and 7. We also have 2 cats.
  • vivw_2
    vivw_2 Posts: 2,230 Forumite
    I'm 51 and Mr W is 48. We have 6 grown up kids between us and 3 grandsons
    We don't need to do it perfectly - good enough is exactly that GOOD ENOUGH.


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