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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Never had a birthday party, the few times I received money for my birthday from relatives, my mother snatched it away from me for booze and cigarettes

Started babysitting when I was ten, had to give half of any money I earned to my mother for "board".

Not surprisingly, I left home before I was 16.[/quote]

Similar story.  No birthday parties or presents.  Never allowed to have friends over.  No individual Christmas presents - all toys came in a big pile from Santa to share among the five of us.  Never getting stuff besides at Christmas.

Never allowed to serve ourselves at meals so we didn't take too much food.  Getting teased at school for eating every bit of the school lunch.  No vacations.  No outings unless someone else's mom took me and paid the bill.  My family never drove carpools.  Walking everywhere I wanted to go - sometimes miles, sometimes late at night.

All clothes were hand me downs or handmade.  I could make all my own clothes by fourth grade.  Wearing the same thing at least twice a week because I didn't have many clothes.  I never had pizza until I was 13.

Got a paper route when I was eight and built it up as big as I could get it.  Have worked ever since.

Left home at 16 on a full college scholarship and never looked back.

I read the PP whose child wants for nothing.  For me, I struggle with this.  I try not to go overboard with Christmas, clothes and things in general.  And, I tend to lean the opposite way - giving my kids the opportunity to work and save for things, but not the things themselves.  On the other hand, we do things all the time, I give them lots of extracurricular activities and we take great vacations.  Also, when they struggled in school, I got them tutors.  I also can't stand to have a cold house in the winter.

Thanks everyone for sharing.  [/quote]

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