[Doug]

'Stingy' might be the wrong idea. 'Financially goal oriented' might be a little more accurate. In high school I had several Jewish acquaintances. It was there that I first heard about 'Jewish mothers'. A common theme about Jewish moms is that they are very focused on their kids success in a way that a lot of other ethnic groups aren't. In particular, my Jewish acquaintances quipped about their lack of choices if they wanted to do something different than be doctor, lawyer, investment banker, (well-paid). Having become Financially goal-oriented myself within the last few years, others have viewed me as 'tight' (I'm not Jewish). My friends have criticized me for driving my '92 Mazda Protege, lack of nice clothes and furniture, lack of expensive vacations, and other materialist 'lacks'. Funny, they even criticize me for my $25,000 emergency fund, and the $225,000 in my IRA. To me, both of those nest-eggs are woefully inadequate. My SUV-pals not only don't even have that in the bank, they're overextended to the tune of $100,000+ Jewish people use their money wisely.

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Name : Doug, City : Laurel, State : MD Country : United States, 

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