[• Enlil Wolf •]

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.

[2xTheTap115]

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✌️

[Blanck]

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.

[The Pact]

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.

[Forensic]

I am really confused by your question

[Vibe]

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 😂

[Ivex]

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.

[Ѕystem]

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.

[The Pact]

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.

[Vibe]

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.

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

[TobiTee]

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.

[The Pact]

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.

[Black Whale]

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.

[Rev]

Damn, with as many people I know that only run the street; Simple Cell Phones is a luxury. Better yet, non-secondhand clothes.

[Xerotic]

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.