Anyone here grow up poor?

[MP5]

I did, and I am still struggling. I was raised by my mom and I remember being of free lunches at school and food stamps growing up. Kind of funny, people that are born with a silver spoon in their mouths never have any respect for material goods. And I am a republican, so it is obvious I see right through the bullshit of our party catering to the rich. The there is RyanH, born rich, still rich and holds a grudge against the rich. Ryan, if you only knew what it was like to not get your first car till you were 21. Or going to work when dying from some sickness cause you need the money to pay bills.

 

[Kakdiesel]

I was poor when i was little..when my dad first came to this country he didnt have any education or nothing..so we lived in this shack downtown of our town of 1400 people and he use to walk to work.

he got a job as an upholsterer (furniture and automobile)..i dont remember but I saw pics of inside of our house and what me and my family looked like back then...but then he just kept saving money and working hard and now we're ok.

but I know what you mean MP5, my dad values everything. He knows what its like to be hungry and poor..when I use to spill my glass of milk on the dinner table, he'd be countin the drops of milk fallin onto the floor: "Thats two cents, four cents five cents...."

 

[strongchick]

I grew up upper middle class but I am middle class now and I am slipping slowly but surely to lower middle class.

 

[bigpimp]

I did, and I am still struggling. I was raised by my mom and I remember being of free lunches at school and food stamps growing up. Kind of funny, people that are born with a silver spoon in their mouths never have any respect for material goods. And I am a republican, so it is obvious I see right through the bullshit of our party catering to the rich. The there is RyanH, born rich, still rich and holds a grudge against the rich. Ryan, if you only knew what it was like to not get your first car till you were 21. Or going to work when dying from some sickness cause you need the money to pay bills.

totally agree bro...but one thing is i loved those free lunches

 

[RyanH]

I grew up relatively wealthy.

But, I'd rather be poor. Money brings just as many problems as not having it does. I save money, watch my spending, so I can make sure I'll always be comfortable.

But, I'll always refuse to be excessively wealthy.

 

[rnch]

yeah, MP, i know what you mean. i still have vivid memories of hand me down clothes, black & white tv's, lots of red beans & rice and tuna on a shingle. i paid my own way through college and still cringe as i scan the prices at the meat counter at winn dixie. it does affect your outlook on life, doesn't it? when i see how some of my friends blow money like a drunken sailor on burbon street, it irritates me.

 

[runner]

no offense, ryan, but i think most of those people who grew up with comforts and "would prefer to be poor" don't really understand all that comes along with it...

 

[kitKat]

. And I am a republican, so it is obvious I see right through the bullshit of our party catering to the rich.

Me too!!

 

[supergirl]

nope

 

[rnch]

.........but i'd rather be poor?


ryan, i gotta call bullshit on this. NOBODY would rather be poor. i'll swap lifestyles and checking account balances
with you in a heartbeat.

how about you mp? wanna swap with the poor little rich boy and experience life on the other side of the tracks?