re: The moment you realized you were poor growing up

When I learned we didn’t even own the beach condo. It was my grandparents’.

No way in hell I would take it back. I was raised by a single mom who refused to get on welfare. We scraped by but it taught me resilience. The only reason I was able to go to college is because I joined the army and worked my arse off.

Now I can look back and have a good laugh when I get reminded of those times and really appreciate what I have now. Like more than 3 pairs of socks and our own washer and dryer. Lol

I love my kids and they want for nothing, but I still kind of wish they could experience a bit of what I went through to build some resilience and character.

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A penny saved brings you that much closer to retirement.

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Hell yeah it does, especially when you make a decision for a lifetime of savings.

Like just buy the bread that's $1 cheaper. Make yourself like it.

One loaf ($1 saved) per week for 30 years, invested, that's a $4,000 decision.

I always kinda understood because of the places we lived, vehicles we owned, and products that we bought. It didn’t really hit home until I went to college, and my friend convinced me to join a frat. Those spoiled frickers made it clear.

My family started off poor.
My dad worked and my mom stayed at home with me.
Both only finished high school. When I started school my mom went back to school. First she became an LPN so she could start working in a hospital, then while working she earned her RN degree. Then continued until today where she is a doctor.
Also my dad moved up the ladder and became a foreman on the job. During my life we went from poor to middle class and now my parents would be I guess upper middle class/lower high class.

Realized we were poor when the house I grew up in, it was raised off the ground, a portion of my bedroom the floor became rotten so my dad sawed off the rotten pieces and nailed plywood down. We also only had space heaters and box fans as they could not afford window units and shite.

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t was kind of like Arrested Development but sadder and with more substance abuse.

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I hate to laugh but that's some funny shite

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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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Hopefully she washed them first.

Do you have any idea how badly pizza sauce will stain a dog's fur?

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Fried baloney was a staple. Good stuff. I ought to buy it to let the kids experience it.

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I'm fancy as frick now. I don't buy baloney from the meat case. I buy it from the deli and make them slice it a half inch thick.

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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.

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No doubt and neither of us are particularly materialistic. We live below our means actually. But she'll stress out for 3 days about spending $80 on something she's wanted for 6 months. I can appreciate it. When she grew up they didn't have any discretionary income.

Totinos pizza.. they were a dollar and sucked. Tombstone and Tony's were way better