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re: The moment you realized you were poor growing up
Posted on 4/26/20 at 1:06 pm to YoubeHillin
Posted on 4/26/20 at 1:06 pm to YoubeHillin
My dad was career military and we lived on Army bases all over the world until he retired when I was 14. We moved to a suburb and that Christmas I got my usual presents of clothes and other essentials. We grew up like this so I knew no better. Two kids on my street got brand new motorcycles for Christmas that year and it hit me that we didn’t have much in the way of money.
My mom was very frugal and made a lot of clothes for herself and my sister. She got the bright idea to make me a cowboy shirt when I was in the 6th grade. It actually looked pretty good but I reluctantly wore it to school. Right after the bell rings a girl sits down 2 rows over with a dress made from the exact same material. For some reason, I was mortified the rest of the day and when I got home I took off that shirt and hid it inside an old boot in my closet.
My mom was very frugal and made a lot of clothes for herself and my sister. She got the bright idea to make me a cowboy shirt when I was in the 6th grade. It actually looked pretty good but I reluctantly wore it to school. Right after the bell rings a girl sits down 2 rows over with a dress made from the exact same material. For some reason, I was mortified the rest of the day and when I got home I took off that shirt and hid it inside an old boot in my closet.
This post was edited on 4/26/20 at 1:08 pm
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Posted on 4/26/20 at 1:07 pm to Evil Little Thing
S&H Green Stamps
One chef boyardee pizza for three boys
No allowance, had to earn everything
Mom patched our clothes
Pop was too proud for gumbent help but we made it.
One chef boyardee pizza for three boys
No allowance, had to earn everything
Mom patched our clothes
Pop was too proud for gumbent help but we made it.
This post was edited on 4/26/20 at 1:08 pm
Posted on 4/26/20 at 1:08 pm to Thunder
Posted on 4/26/20 at 1:09 pm to YoubeHillin
When the kid next door said "I got some ice cream, I got some ice cream, you didn't get none, you can't afford it, you on da welfare!"
But karma got him. He dropped his ice cream.
But karma got him. He dropped his ice cream.
Posted on 4/26/20 at 1:09 pm to Doctor Strangelove
Going on vacation we only went to USVI when my friends families went to Bora Bora
Posted on 4/26/20 at 1:10 pm to fallguy_1978
People with discretionary money often have it bc they choose to not buy lots of things they can “afford”. That’s how you can start snowballing money over time.
Posted on 4/26/20 at 1:11 pm to YoubeHillin
When I realized out 5000 square foot house was the smallest in our gated community.
Posted on 4/26/20 at 1:12 pm to Saint Alfonzo
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Cooking navy beans on a Coleman single burner grill by candle light in a trailer was a clue.
"Coal burning stove no natural gas, if that ain't country ill kiss your arse"
This post was edited on 4/26/20 at 1:33 pm
Posted on 4/26/20 at 1:12 pm to Thunder
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Son if you had a dad & mom that loved you enough to feed you and put a roof over your head you weren't poor..
I knew we were poor because of this saying.
There’s nothing like being told to drink your spit because the bottle of soda in the checkout line was too expensive when I asked for it because I was thirsty.
Posted on 4/26/20 at 1:14 pm to RogerTheShrubber
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Most people growing up prior to the 80s were relatively poor. I knew we were and appreciate the values I learned.
We weren't very rich in material things but were rich in life experience so to speak. Everyone played outside all day, watched TV on Saturday mornings for a couple hours only, had no telephones, listened to the radio, and learned street smarts. Kids today, while much better off in material riches and technology, have little to no street smarts or interpersonal communication skills. We were able to survive 5 days w/o utilities after a hurricane without thinking much about it, I don't know what kids today would do w/ themselves ?
Posted on 4/26/20 at 1:15 pm to RogerTheShrubber
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S&H Green Stamps
It was Top Value stamps for us. My folks got some really good stuff with those, but it took forever to fill those books.
Posted on 4/26/20 at 1:16 pm to YoubeHillin
When I went back to the small town where I lived until I was 10 was when I realized how poor the whole town was.
Posted on 4/26/20 at 1:16 pm to Methuselah
Yep my brother and I would fill the books.
Posted on 4/26/20 at 1:16 pm to YoubeHillin
Washing/Reusing Ziploc baggies wasn’t a thing.
Didn’t find that one out until highschool when I was doing the dishes with my buddy and he looked at me with a giant WTF face
Posted on 4/26/20 at 1:16 pm to YoubeHillin
This has the bonus of finding out I couldn’t basketball good as well.
Desperately searching for my teenage identity, I tried out for the Jr High team. I asked my folks to please buy me some Air Jordans.
They, of limited budget, and having seen me brick countless shots on the neighbor’s hoop offered a compromise..
At the time Montgomery Ward was still around, and they had these high tops that almost looked like Nikes but the swoosh didn’t have the little hook. Just a rounded end. It looked like a whale.
So not only did I have lack vertical, speed, accuracy or pretty much any other appreciable bball skills; I had to wear fricking Whale shoes.
Desperately searching for my teenage identity, I tried out for the Jr High team. I asked my folks to please buy me some Air Jordans.
They, of limited budget, and having seen me brick countless shots on the neighbor’s hoop offered a compromise..
At the time Montgomery Ward was still around, and they had these high tops that almost looked like Nikes but the swoosh didn’t have the little hook. Just a rounded end. It looked like a whale.
So not only did I have lack vertical, speed, accuracy or pretty much any other appreciable bball skills; I had to wear fricking Whale shoes.
This post was edited on 4/26/20 at 1:17 pm
Posted on 4/26/20 at 1:17 pm to YoubeHillin
When I got xj9000s and rustler jeans while my friends got Jordan's and silvertabs
Posted on 4/26/20 at 1:18 pm to Backinthe615
I got some fake Fila shoes from there... The logo was backwards lol
Posted on 4/26/20 at 1:20 pm to Doctor Strangelove
My dad got paid once per month on an enlisted man’s salary and we had 6 of us in the household. Toward the end of the Month we ate a lot of tuna casserole, mac and cheese and salmon croquettes. To this day, I can’t hardly stand a casserole, m&c or salmon croquettes
We never had soda in the house or store bought cookies as they were considered a luxury. My mom baked a lot but when I went to other kids houses it was a treat to drink a coke and eat a hostess Twinkie. I was 12 before I ate at my first McDonalds and thought I had gone to paradise.
We never had soda in the house or store bought cookies as they were considered a luxury. My mom baked a lot but when I went to other kids houses it was a treat to drink a coke and eat a hostess Twinkie. I was 12 before I ate at my first McDonalds and thought I had gone to paradise.
Posted on 4/26/20 at 1:21 pm to YoubeHillin
When I said to mom "Bologna sammiches again? I'm not eating that" and she said "Fine, bet you'll be hungry for them tomorrow"
That woman didn't play.
That woman didn't play.
Posted on 4/26/20 at 1:22 pm to Caplewood
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Real Italians cut their pizza with scissors, the romans and the Napolitano for example
Which is fine, but what if that pair of scissors also happens to be the scissors your mom uses to cut matted dog shite off of your dog?
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