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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]* all of 4th and 5th grade we didnt have power. 
* qualified for free lunch and like you OP would never get te lunch because then people would know. 
*all thru HS we lived,literally, in a shack with roaches, rats and no AC or heat
* I never went to a single event in HS, including prom because there wasnt money to, and I was ashamed of my clothes
* I spent so many nights going to bed hungry that I push food on my DC. I'm so paranoid he might be hungry that now he's about 10lbs overweight 
* [b]as an adult I'm a terrible hoarder of things I never had as a kid[/b]- toothpaste, deodorant, soap/shampoo and [b]feminine products[/b] being my biggest hoards[/quote]

I know this post in 2 years old but holy shit, you didn't have money to buy pads or tampons when you were growing up? Let me tell you something...if I was so poor that I had to choose between soap, deodorant, shampoo, and tampons, I would say, "fuck everything, I'll be dirty as a hermit but I'm going to buy tampons." How is that even a choice?[/quote]

Not the person who wrote that post, but FWIW: Speaking from personal experience, you can Jerry rig feminine hygiene products but not soap or deodorant. My mom tried baking soda for my brother's armpits because we could get it at the food pantry for free. It didn't work.

Like many kids who grew up poor, I have a phobia of smelling bad and slight hoarding tendencies when it comes to personal care products. We got a cheap soap called Lux 3 bars for $2 from what my community called "the Korean store". The owners only sold this one inexpensive bar soap and only at 3 for $2. If you had $1, you could not buy a single bar. If you caught the bus to the real grocery store, you could buy a 2 bar pack of other brands of soap (Dial, Ivory, etc,) but the bus fare and brand name soap price was more than my family could afford so we used Lux. I not only bathed with Lux, I washed my hair and clothing with it. I hated the smell of Lux. It made my skin and scalp itch.[/quote]

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