I Grew Up Poor Stories of Experiences

my dad always tried his hardest to provide for me and my sister. But having twins is hard, if i got a new toy so did she! If we went into the shop my dad would be all 'you don't look at it, you don't touch it and you don't even dare to...

I don't remember many memories as a child. I remember bits and pieces here and there. Some kids always said I was spoiled.. The truth is, I really wasn't. My grandma had always bought me toys and even my clothes. My parents couldn't...

We were poor but we didn't know it is one of the biggest lies ever. Trust me if you really grew up poor you knew it.
Signs you grew up poor
You didn't have heat in the middle of a Midwestern winter
Your power or water was shut off...

As a child, me and my family were financially poor . We were officially homeless in the beginning and at first moved to a bed and breakfast and to various other places.
My dad was in between jobs and on minimum wage but every penny he...

Having to lie because of my poor, unhealthy and unstable financial situation.
Feeling dirty because we don't have access to warm water in this dirty dumpster home full with hoarder stuff (books, newspapers) (boiler broke) and have to...

I grew up with my Mom and her brother, my Uncle John , in my grandfather's farmhouse. My Mother was in her 40's when I was born and everyone in the house was older than that. The house was paid for, but it was falling apart. My Mom...

I remember eating a lot of eggs when i was younger - we lived by a convenience store that would give me the out of date eggs, my dad had bought a giant jar of honey and that was the only constant in our cupboard, it was like 2 litres of...

When I was three years old, my mother decided to run away from my father due to him cheating on her and how he was an alcoholic. For the first few years, we were on welfare. Then, she got a job. I'll never forget how much of a deal it...

We poor because my mom is a single mother trying to raise her to kids on her own damn it. It's hard for us plus she's on welfare.

Poor not in a very devastating way...

I am rich though with my family's love and support

I read some horrible stories on here:( some people had love at least I wasn't so lucky.

I was neglected and raised kind of by my grandparents. My mother cared more about her boyfriends, drugs, and drinking then she did her own children...

We are a family without money but we have many debts, until this day. I had an experience, when we had no money. Nothing. okay? so, we ate cassava from our garden. It was a sad time. We live in the middle of rich people, but we have...

I'm disgusted with people who HATE growing up poor. Who likes it? But please, you don't need to grow up to be an jerk because of it.

My dad is a lazy ass who hasn't worked a day in his life. My mam always did her best. She worked hard, got paid little, and had to hand it over to him. He would give her enough money to get us barely enough food for the week, he paid...

Strength when you’re poor is this funny feeling you get when you feel like you need to keep as much money in your pockets as possible but your pockets have a bunch of holes in them and so all you can do is watch the money fall out...

I grew up been poor, how can I become a successful Man in life

People who meet me would never suspect I've had the past I have. I'm English but living in Australia, so everyone thinks I have money and 'class' because of my accent. I hope I have class, but I most definitely have never had money...

My family never did have alot of money but we were never so poor that we had to eat dirt..but it was enough to where we couldnt afford food anymore.. And sometimes we had to talk to our church and they would give us stuff for Christmas...

As a child money wasn't something we could through around. The house we lived in we paid 200 a month. We where unable to flush our toilet unless we poured water in down it; we did not have much hot water. One room we weren't aloud in...

well everybody in this world wants to be rich but i thinks thats if god has written you would be rich.well growing up with only my mom and sister it was really difficult but thank god we were able to survive for a little time untill...