40 People With Cheap Parents Share Their Hilariously Tightfisted Tales

As you grow up, you start to realize the outrageous lengths to which your parents went to save money. This fact became even clearer to me after stumbling upon a Reddit thread filled with stories of cheap parents and their money-saving hacks.

I have immense gratitude for my mom’s incredible efforts to maintain our home, but the number of times I, as an adult, find myself using her cheap tips, like adding a little water to the almost-empty shampoo bottle to extend its life, is both amusing and outrageous. It’s funny how these money-saving hacks from our cheap parents stick with us, and judging by this thread, I’m certainly not alone in this experience.


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Nate

Nate Armbruster

When he's not doomscrolling Twitter or writing for Pleated-Jeans, Nate Armbruster writes jokes—and then tells them on stage as a stand-up comedian, where he can watch audiences (hopefully) laugh in real-time.