tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-931981138747432610.post5275910936500526862..comments2024-03-25T09:03:39.020-07:00Comments on The Uncrushable Jersey Dress: British Word of the DayBetty Debbiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16446092401692468002noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-931981138747432610.post-11933230829517005562010-09-21T18:04:34.110-07:002010-09-21T18:04:34.110-07:00I remember quite distinctly going to the ATM just ...I remember quite distinctly going to the ATM just weeks before Brit Hub 1.0 came to the US during our engagement -- and I had $9 precisely. Of course, I had a good job as an attorney, but I was skint.<br /><br />Then he paid off my law school loans (I did not ask him to do that -- I even tried to talk him out of it) and married me, at which point I was like an English nurse AFTER marrying the RDD: definitely not skint.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-931981138747432610.post-313137147182031382010-09-21T09:27:45.453-07:002010-09-21T09:27:45.453-07:00That word describes the college years of Dr. van d...That word describes the college years of Dr. van der Stevejinck and family quite well. We were perpetually 'skint'. Dr. van der Stevejinck went back to college when I was 8 months pregnant with child #3. We had years of college with a growing family (He graduated two weeks before #5 was born). <br /><br />I well remember 'the talk' about finances with Betty Dad. Back then it went like this: "It's okay to not have money, but never be poor."<br /><br />That was an invaluable lesson - and stood us in good stead.Betty Debbiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16446092401692468002noreply@blogger.com