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[quote=Anonymous]One pair of jeans for the school year.
One pair of shoes.
Roaches.
No school field trips or events. No trips of any kind. We didn't have a car.
I worked after school from the age of 10 (walking dogs and pet-sitting, until old enough to babysit and work in a store at age 14). Most of my earned money helped pay for groceries and the electric bill.
We were evicted and had to move a few times. 
I was hungry. Almost all the time. 
My mom also grew up poor but for some reason seemed to think we were of "higher caliber" than the other families in our working class communities. She made it known that she thought we were better than everyone and this was almost more embarrassing and isolating than being poor. She managed to buy herself new clothes and high end makeup and always looked put together while my sisters and I were made fun of for wearing the same thing almost every day. 
I hated my mother for this. To this day she sometimes brings up those years and jokes about our "adventures" and good times. If I don't go along with her happy memories bs she gets really upset. I don't have happy memories of my childhood. I was neglected, hungry and felt generally unsafe most of the time.
My kids will never, ever know of this. 
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