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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]D and F

My parents got pregnant and married before finishing high school.  They had seven kids.  My father was around less and less before finally disappearing pretty much altogether. Eventually the house became full of garbage from top to bottom and dog and cat feces.  We had no heat in the winter except for a space heater in one bedroom where we all slept (this was in New Jersey).  We had no functional kitchen appliances and would leave food on the back porch in the winter to keep cool.  I distinctly remember my mother ripping off the tiles in the living room ceiling one winter and burning them in the fireplace to keep warm.  At one point she ballooned to 300 pounds and stayed in bed for 5 years without leaving the house. This is just the surface.

I became a partner in Biglaw before retiring early.  Most of my siblings managed to do well also.  One became the mayor of my home town.  I could write a book.  "Running with Scissors" had nothing on me. [/quote]

Wow, this is heartbreaking to read. I’m so impressed wit you and your siblings’ successes despite coming from nothing.[/quote]

Thanks.  Yea, it wasn't easy.  And what I wrote just scratches the surface.  Holes in the roof that were so big that the ceiling didn't only leak in the rain -- it snowed in the house in the winter.  It was pretty incredible.  What's even more bizarre is that we lived in a solidly middle class town and , looking back, it's obvious that a lot of people knew what was going on and didn't do anything about it.   [/quote]

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