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re: The moment you realized you were poor growing up
Posted on 4/26/20 at 5:05 pm to YoubeHillin
Posted on 4/26/20 at 5:05 pm to YoubeHillin
We weren't poor but not rich, I didn't know the difference or care until probably my sophomore year of high school when you start to realize the Dr's kid is pulling poon because his dad is a Dr.
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Posted on 4/26/20 at 5:06 pm to YoubeHillin
I mean living in a trailer with 6 kids kinda cemented it for me.
Posted on 4/26/20 at 5:18 pm to YoubeHillin
We were too poor for pizza. No I'm not kidding, I was in high school the first time I remember eating pizza. 
Oh and if you actually had these you probably weren't actually poor.
Dreamfarm DFSC2027 (Red) Scizza Scissors, Non-Stick Stone Safe Pizza Cutter and Server, 12-Inch
Oh and if you actually had these you probably weren't actually poor.
Dreamfarm DFSC2027 (Red) Scizza Scissors, Non-Stick Stone Safe Pizza Cutter and Server, 12-Inch
Posted on 4/26/20 at 5:48 pm to YoubeHillin
Frequent trips to Family Dollar
Posted on 4/26/20 at 6:03 pm to fallguy_1978
quote:Indeed. He had just packed us up and moved us across the country after receiving a job offer from his uncle. Turns out the whole thing was a scam and he ended up working for months and never getting paid. We were in severe dire straights as a family and he made sure I never had any idea that we were basically insolvent and hanging on by a thread. Like I said, I didn't have any idea until years later. Everything was awesome as far as I was concerned.
Agreed. Northshorebamaman was lucky to have him in his life.
But you can't keep a man like that down for long and he made damn sure we were never in that position again.
Posted on 4/26/20 at 6:04 pm to YoubeHillin
We finally, after years of begging my dad to bring us to mcdonalds, finally talked him into it. We pulled up to the mcdonald’s and there was a sign showing the price of a burger. My dad looked at it and said “18 cents for a hamburger? Oh hell no”! We went home and my mom made us some of those greasy burgers on Bunny bread.
This post was edited on 4/26/20 at 6:06 pm
Posted on 4/26/20 at 6:13 pm to YoubeHillin
We weren't poor, but things were tight because my parents sacrificed to send us to private schools in NOLA. There was no extravagances. When I was a 5 year old growing like a weed, my parents would cut the top of the shoe off covering my toes so I could get more use out of them.
My kids are living really easy at this point and I worry that it will not produce the fire in them that my upbringing produced in me to end up better off.
My kids are living really easy at this point and I worry that it will not produce the fire in them that my upbringing produced in me to end up better off.
This post was edited on 4/27/20 at 7:06 am
Posted on 4/26/20 at 6:15 pm to Methuselah
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Thank you for this thread.
No, thank you guys! Your responses gave me a much needed laugh. It's nice to hear that so many people had similar experiences and are able to find humor in it now.
It seems like weve all overcome alot of shite to be where we are at. You all seem like good arse people so there must be something to the adage that hardship breeds character. And if we can make it through the dumpster fires that were our childhoods lol then everything else is a cakewalk, recessions and pandemics included.
Posted on 4/26/20 at 6:21 pm to YoubeHillin
The fried bologna and powdered sugar toast posts really hit home. I loved both of those. Maybe I was poorer than I thought 
This post was edited on 4/26/20 at 6:22 pm
Posted on 4/26/20 at 6:27 pm to YoubeHillin
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Buying grocery items with the lowest price per ounce cost on that tiny tag is another one
The frick? For starters, it usually means buying the biggest thing and paying the most up front. Secondly, it's just good business sense whether you're poor or not.
Posted on 4/26/20 at 6:30 pm to Kvothe
I knew our arse was poor when I asked for Jordan’s for Christmas and got a pair of pro-wings knock off instead... AND they were still an upgrade from the previous shoes I owned.
We also had several ‘midnight moves’ to avoid eviction. Those sucked, but aren’t near as funny.
We also had several ‘midnight moves’ to avoid eviction. Those sucked, but aren’t near as funny.
Posted on 4/26/20 at 6:31 pm to Methuselah
quote:used to destroy those as a youth
When you realized that Check soft drinks were not name brand.
Posted on 4/26/20 at 6:39 pm to YoubeHillin
When one random utility was disconnected for a couple of days every other month.
When our pool was an 8 man raft in the back yard.
When salmon patties with ketchup and a side of beans and biscuits was dinner very 3rd night.
When my top dollar Christmas list wish was a bottle of Polo cologne when I was 13. The look on my face when I saw the box!
But mainly when I went to my friends homes and saw how much bigger and nicer their houses were and the vehicles and toys. Our “nice” car was a Ford Fairmont with a sunroof. My dad drove a tank known as a Pontiac Granville with the fabric top dry rotted off. Called it Big Red.
But I wouldn’t trade it for anything else. We were taken care of and we played all of the sports, explored outside everyday, went to church. I had great friends ....some well off, some not so much.(like us.) I learned patience and a determination to make sure that whenever I grew up and had a family that we would not be poor. I don’t take for granted the things I have. Ironically, my kids do. LOL.
When our pool was an 8 man raft in the back yard.
When salmon patties with ketchup and a side of beans and biscuits was dinner very 3rd night.
When my top dollar Christmas list wish was a bottle of Polo cologne when I was 13. The look on my face when I saw the box!
But mainly when I went to my friends homes and saw how much bigger and nicer their houses were and the vehicles and toys. Our “nice” car was a Ford Fairmont with a sunroof. My dad drove a tank known as a Pontiac Granville with the fabric top dry rotted off. Called it Big Red.
But I wouldn’t trade it for anything else. We were taken care of and we played all of the sports, explored outside everyday, went to church. I had great friends ....some well off, some not so much.(like us.) I learned patience and a determination to make sure that whenever I grew up and had a family that we would not be poor. I don’t take for granted the things I have. Ironically, my kids do. LOL.
Posted on 4/26/20 at 6:45 pm to YoubeHillin
We always had relatives fixing things for us and bringing us groceries and things. I always thought it was just what relatives did — but I realized that if they hadn’t, wed have done without a lot of stuff.
My mom worked 2 jobs and busted her arse. We knew things were tight and occasionally teetered destitute but we always made it out ok and I don’t remember wanting for much. Mostly because we knew not to ask for material things unless it was Christmas or our birthday but also because my mom did a great job of making us feel safe and secure even though we were occasionally in really scary financial shape.
My mom worked 2 jobs and busted her arse. We knew things were tight and occasionally teetered destitute but we always made it out ok and I don’t remember wanting for much. Mostly because we knew not to ask for material things unless it was Christmas or our birthday but also because my mom did a great job of making us feel safe and secure even though we were occasionally in really scary financial shape.
Posted on 4/26/20 at 6:49 pm to YoubeHillin
I was oblivious until the first day of 6th grade at Istrouma Middle Magnet. I understood that day that there were brands of jeans you wear and brands you don't wear. Problem was the brands you wore were $50, which was the budget to get enough jeans to make it through a week. Asking for 5 pairs of guess jeans and getting laughed at was my first inkling that I was different than the other kids. We weren't "poor", though, as I always had food.
Posted on 4/26/20 at 6:55 pm to YoubeHillin
As a young child, my family of five was in a one-bedroom apt. Bunk bed, queen bed, and crib in the bedroom. Our big treat each weekend was $5 at the arcade and one scoop at Baskin Robins.
That was during my parents’ come up. Things we drastically different by the time I was a teenager, and more so now.
American dream realized.
That was during my parents’ come up. Things we drastically different by the time I was a teenager, and more so now.
American dream realized.
Posted on 4/26/20 at 7:01 pm to YoubeHillin
Sad topic, always knew. I picked up on it at a very early age, probably 2nd grade.
Posted on 4/26/20 at 7:02 pm to northshorebamaman
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But you can't keep a man like that down for long and he made damn sure we were never in that position again
He sounds like a good guy.
My mother and father were like oil and water. Things were actually better when they got divorced. My dad is a published author and a mensa smart introvert. My mother is a social butterfly.
They would have never been together other than 70s social norms regarding knocked up college girls.
Posted on 4/26/20 at 7:03 pm to YoubeHillin
When someone on my little league basketball teams dad came to practice in a Lamborghini countach
Posted on 4/26/20 at 7:04 pm to YoubeHillin
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scissors
You had scissors?
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