thats right,
basically it is not about the saving of money only,
it is about the principle to not waste what is not needed to be consumed.
i guess i could write a book about the "learning years", when you move in with dominicans, lol.
it starts with simple FREE stuff, like water.
on washing day the hose been running water from early morning til the girls finished washing(including Telenovela breaks and cooking breaks) somewhere in the afternoon.
such drives me crazy and will never be accepted of course.
it takes a long time to get such things "done", but worth the affords of course.
same goes for electricity,
like Turn off the ****ing Fan when you are not in that room,
of course turn them all off before you leave the house alone, turn off the TV's and other unused appliances, too.
Kids bring a little different consumption level of different things to a house.
sure you teach them from the beginning the correct behavior, my youngest told her Mom more than once to shut down a appliance which is not in use, and she is proud to catch her Mother on "wrong doing", gooood.
but they play all day in and around the house, in an out, up and down, you have more stuff running than it would be the case for a couple alone.
it works perfect for the single.
when the Mrs and the Breed visit Gra'Ma in Santiago, mostly for 2-3 weeks at a time,
i have only the needed stuff running and only in the room where i am present at the moment.
it sure shows on those electricity bills, too, then.
Mike