I Grew Up Poor


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The Poor Shall Get Poorer

Am so used to the word poor, but exactly what does this word mean to you. Well to me being poor means alot; first you can be poor because...

Real

I grew up in Perfectville USA, a quiet town with great schools and neighborhood after neighborhood of beautiful houses with manicured...

Anyone Have Patches In Thier Jeans?

Whenever my jeans would start to have holes in them for wear and tear my grandma would put the good ol' patch in them. They never matched...

Government Peanut Butter

A friend of mine asked me to share this story again.  Growing up poor is not necessarily the worst thing that can happen to a person...

Same X-mas Gifts Every Year

Oh good old times! lol Every year my grandma would take out our toys from her locked closet. It was not until recently that I realized I was...

Dirt Poor

Growing up we didn't have much money and I didn't have many toys, but that never stopped me from having a good time. When I was 10 my Dad...

I Mighta Been Born Just Plain White Trash And Fancy Wasn't Even My Name

I'm not going to come here and write one of those cry me a river stories. I was a poor kid. So what. I learned from it. I grew, I have...
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  • "I shared in another story about being different and this is a continuation and addition to that story..."
  • "I'm not whining, and my 2 brothers and I never went hungry as kids, but it really sucked growing up as a have not in a town full of haves as a kid..."
  • "No matter how broke we were the rest of the year we would celebrate these 2 holidays well . All five kids always got more than one present and we'd sit around all day in our jammies playing with them and eating bacon and french toast for breakfast..."
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Most Commented: Dirt Poor
Most Entertaining: I Am a Reverse Snob
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33% of people who have this experience are in their teens, 32% are in their twenties, and 18% are in their thirties. 73% of people who have this experience are women.

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