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What did you regard as a privilege/luxury for those who grew up poor? - • Enlil Wolf • - Dec 3, 2020
Greetings,
Denizens of HF. Hope you all are doing well.
I am curious to know what things you considered or still consider as a privilege or luxury, especially if you came/come from a poor background or a middle-class working family?
Regards, Wolf.
RE: What did you regard as a privilege/luxury for those who grew up poor? - 2xTheTap115 - Dec 3, 2020
(Dec 3, 2020 03:46 AM)• Enlil Wolf • Wrote: Greetings,
Denizens of HF. Hope you all are doing well.
I am curious to know what things you considered or still consider as a privilege or luxury, especially if you came/come from a poor background or a middle-class working family?
Regards, Wolf.
Hello Wolf👋
My answer is simple - to be happy in life no matter how many times the sky will fall on your head.
I know it has no material value, but to me it is a billion times more important than any money😁
Stay healthy✌️
RE: What did you regard as a privilege/luxury for those who grew up poor? - Blanck - Dec 3, 2020
(Dec 3, 2020 03:46 AM)• Enlil Wolf • Wrote: Greetings,
Denizens of HF. Hope you all are doing well.
I am curious to know what things you considered or still consider as a privilege or luxury, especially if you came/come from a poor background or a middle-class working family?
Regards, Wolf.
The freedom of not having to worry about debt, especially of the fact that my parents don't know how to manage their finances.
RE: What did you regard as a privilege/luxury for those who grew up poor? - The Pact - Dec 3, 2020
I did not grow up poor or lower middle class. Probably upper middle class. But from 2008-2014 I was poor. Fabric softener is one luxury I remember the budget didn't stretch too. lol
And just having a lot of tech instead of one device is nice now. I only had a home made PC in those days and no phone. And no back up laptop like I have now and cheap tablet I have now that I've stopped using because my phone is better for what I used the tablet for which is a bottom range tablet but the PC was all I had between 2008-2014. And I just have a lot of kitchen stuff that I didn't have I used to only have limited kitchen stuff.
I mean even having furniture that you didn't get from Salvation Army or a yard sale or pick up off the side of the road is a real luxury.
RE: What did you regard as a privilege/luxury for those who grew up poor? - Forensic - Dec 3, 2020
I am really confused by your question
RE: What did you regard as a privilege/luxury for those who grew up poor? - Vibe - Dec 3, 2020
Spending time as a family. Was hard to spend time with my mom when she worked two jobs and I was still in school.
Also on a less serious note hot dog buns and hamburger buns back when I was kid we just used regular bread seemed pointless to also get those 😂
RE: What did you regard as a privilege/luxury for those who grew up poor? - Ivex - Dec 3, 2020
I'm middle class by standards of the West as a whole, but working class by my country itself. And being able to go on holidays abroad was a luxury I'm grateful for. Many of my friends growing up couldn't, I was considered the rich one because my family could.
RE: What did you regard as a privilege/luxury for those who grew up poor? - Ѕystem - Dec 3, 2020
I don't particularly find joy in admitting I grew up in poverty when considering how hard my single mother worked to provide for us, but I can possibly contribute to this thread with a few luxuries the impoverished usually go without.
- Internet, especially high-speed
- Non-generic foods(I don't mind generic anything these days, but some generic varieties of foods taste awful to their counterpart)
- Groceries in general(It's worthy of being two separate examples because poverty is a fickle twat)
- Attending school fieldtrips
- Clothing that isn't hand-me-down
- New shoes/boots
- School supplies
- Hot water
- Heat
- Air conditioning
The list goes on and on and on.
RE: What did you regard as a privilege/luxury for those who grew up poor? - The Pact - Dec 3, 2020
(Dec 3, 2020 07:53 AM)Vibe Wrote: Spending time as a family. Was hard to spend time with my mom when she worked two jobs and I was still in school.
Also on a less serious note hot dog buns and hamburger buns back when I was kid we just used regular bread seemed pointless to also get those 😂
Right you do a lot of that kind of thing when you don't have much.
RE: What did you regard as a privilege/luxury for those who grew up poor? - Vibe - Dec 3, 2020
(Dec 3, 2020 05:15 PM)Ѕystem Wrote: I don't particularly find joy in admitting I grew up in poverty when considering how hard my single mother worked to provide for us, but I can possibly contribute to this thread with a few luxuries the impoverished usually go without.Man missing field trips sucks I remember a couple vividly, hopefully your parents at least let you stay home on those days so you didn’t get stuck doing some stupid packet
- Internet, especially high-speed
- Non-generic foods(I don't mind generic anything these days, but some generic varieties of foods taste awful to their counterpart)
- Groceries in general(It's worthy of being two separate examples because poverty is a fickle twat)
- Attending school fieldtrips
- Clothing that isn't hand-me-down
- New shoes/boots
- School supplies
- Hot water
- Heat
- Air conditioning
The list goes on and on and on.
RE: What did you regard as a privilege/luxury for those who grew up poor? - TobiTee - Dec 3, 2020
Can't say I grew up poor however my family went through a rough patch about 10 years ago and life sucked for a few years. When you become too complacent with the luxuries and then all of a sudden there gone, really makes you appreciate everything much more.
RE: What did you regard as a privilege/luxury for those who grew up poor? - The Pact - Dec 5, 2020
Didn't grow up poor but from the hard years 2008-2014 having more than a few kitchen items. Having a large bed that's not second hand.
RE: What did you regard as a privilege/luxury for those who grew up poor? - Black Whale - Dec 5, 2020
(Dec 5, 2020 04:32 AM)The Pact Wrote: Didn't grow up poor but from the hard years 2008-2014 having more than a few kitchen items. Having a large bed that's not second hand.
It's interesting how a couple of people have said 2008-2014 were hard years... It's really sad that we might be headed back in that direction through massive fiscal irresponsibility. I never grew up poor but I remember 08-09 my parents definitely cut back on luxury's and extra's big time.
RE: What did you regard as a privilege/luxury for those who grew up poor? - Rev - Dec 5, 2020
Damn, with as many people I know that only run the street; Simple Cell Phones is a luxury. Better yet, non-secondhand clothes.
RE: What did you regard as a privilege/luxury for those who grew up poor? - Xerotic - Dec 5, 2020
For me, it was clothes. Second-hand clothes were extremely common for me growing up. Just a small thing but it's something you notice as a kid.