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[quote=Anonymous]Poor as a kid, not poor now.

No Walmart, but shopped Goodwill, Salvation Army, and discount clothing stores (Target among them).  Also loved the grunge 90s when thrifting became cool!

Couldn't afford fast food, ate basics at home (spaghetti, chili, baked fish, tuna casserole, etc.).

Vacations were road trips to visit family, maybe a day trip to a lake.  Even when my parents made it into the middle class, vacations were still road trips where we all slept in one hotel room (2 parents, 2 kids).

Weekend activities were grocery shopping, laundromat, house cleaning, and playing outside with neighborhood kids.  Movies in the theater were a major treat, hardly saw any before high school (the first one I saw was ET and my grandmother took me).  Roller skating was a big treat, only went for someone's birthday party.  In the summer we'd get to go to the public pool when I was older, but not every week.

Had very few clothes (still do, comparatively: it's hard to break the mindset of what you "really" need).  Having more than one pair of jeans was a battle I started fighting for in junior high; my mother would tell me the clothing budget (usually $100 for a new school year in the 80s) and I would work with her for new clothes that maximized my outfit options.  One pair of everyday shoes, one pair of dress shoes, and one pair of gym shoes for school.  One dressy outfit in my current size (which usually needed to be purchased new for a family wedding).  (PP who washed out her clothing, my mother also only had 2 dresses all through high school circa 1970, although I'm pretty sure she had a week of underwear).

I definitely knew we were poor and tried to never ask my parents for anything other kids were getting.  I was teased about my clothing repeating more frequently than was cool.[/quote]

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