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[quote=Anonymous]I grew up in a paycheck to paycheck family.  You know the show Roseanne? That was my life.  I never felt disadvantaged though because everyone else I knew lived in very similar circumstances.  Examples include: 
1.) The fridge was bare the day before payday.  We would have things like eggs and pancakes (bacon wouldn't be left though) or cereal or maybe soup.  
2.) If our car broke we were out a car.  We would just get around town via bus or walking until we could swing enough cash to fix it or find someone who knows how to fix it.  This would take weeks to months. 
3.) We had one pair of school shoes and one pair of nice shoes.  Thats it.  No sandals or crocs or snowboots or tennis shoes designated for each sport.  
4.) We rotated paying the electricity and the gas bill.  You can go two months before a notice and 4 months before shut off.  So you pay electric one month, gas the next, repeat and rotate.  Once in a blue moon the lights get shut off and you count the change jar and drive up to the cashiers office and pay enough of it to turn the lights back on. 
5.) You went out to eat a few times a year.  To places like Big Boy. Birthdays mean boxed cake and MAYBE going out for ice cream.  
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