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[quote=Anonymous]I’d you grew up below the poverty line and now are considered “wealthy” how’s it happen?

I grew up in rural Mississippi.  As a young child, we were poor but my mother was able to support us.  She was an in-home nurse.   I have 3 other siblings all by different men and I am the oldest, so there were many people in and out of our house and we moved a lot.  My mom was injured on the job when I was 10 and my youngest sister was 6 months old.  She stopped working and collected disability.  We lived in food stamps, had our car repossessed and went weeks without electricity more times than I can count.  Mom got addicted to painkillers and things went down hill.  Lots of questionable men in the house.  Myself practically raising my siblings.  Depending on my friends for rides to school and their parents for groceries at times.  I still did fairly well in High School and started working at a grocery store as a bagged when I was 16.  Graduated High School went to school for a semester but financially it wasn’t going to happen.  Worked at the grocery store for several years and by the time I was 26 I had worked my way up and was assistant regional manager.  I was making $65k which was more money than I could handle.  Bought my wife (married at 19) and I brand new cars, went on cruises every few months, had zero savings and lived what we considered Luxuriously.  Grocery chain went under I was laid off.   Sold my cars, moved into 750 square foot apartment and and started managing a movie theater for $11 an hour.  Went to school, got associates moved to a new grocery store and made a little more as a store manager.  Finished a bachelors in Education at age 30.  Couldn’t find teaching job in what I wanted (theater) so moved to Dallas with my wife. She was working at a plasma center and finishing her bachelors in education as well.  Taught for a year, hated it.  Quit and went back to managing a grocery store.  Promotes quickly and became district manager.  Wife was teaching second grade at this point.  We had our first child.  Company moved me to headquarters in Chicago, paid for me to get and MBA.  Finished degree 6 months shy of 40.  Had our second child.  Worked in high management for several years and promoted again.  Top management official, quit and transferred to larger grocery chain with much higher pay and I’ve been here for 6 years.    Three kids, my oldest has been accepted into Cornell.  I’m so proud.  Currently making $780K a year.

I’m not terrible smart.  Not terribly talented.

My younger siblings have had very different lives.[/quote]

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