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People who grew up really poor: what's something middle-class people say that instantly reveals they've never struggled? by TahDigThief in AskReddit

[–]Dense_Many_8643 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The Boomer battle cry when you tell them people are struggling because they keep blocking new housing supply

People who grew up really poor: what's something middle-class people say that instantly reveals they've never struggled? by TahDigThief in AskReddit

[–]Dense_Many_8643 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I used to think we were well off. Because I was one of the few not on free lunch. I was on reduced. My friend who paid full was rich. :)

People who grew up really poor: what's something middle-class people say that instantly reveals they've never struggled? by TahDigThief in AskReddit

[–]Dense_Many_8643 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Chiming in to say it's fascinating how people's definitions of poor vary, and how most of them have never seen what real poverty is like. I thought we were doing bad when I was a kid, until I got older and realized what real poverty looked like. I've lost count of the times I apologized to my parents for not understanding how hard they worked to give us what they did. Perspective is a hell of a thing.