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[quote=Anonymous]I posted early on.

It is amazing how similar many of our stories are.

We used bread bags for our shoes in the snow.

As soon as we started earning money (usually around 10 or so) older siblings would help to pay for younger siblings' special things like going out with friends, so the younger siblings might not experience the same embarrassment that we did growing up.  My older brother actually paid for a few prom/homecoming dresses for one of my sisters, after he went off to the Navy.

I argue constantly with my husband about the thermostat.  He wants it set to the most eco friendly, cost effective temperature.  I want to have it set at a comfortable temperature, and don't want to fight over the temperature because we can afford to have it at any temperature.  I remember what it was like to be cold in the winter and sweltering in the summer, not by choice but by necessity.

When we bought our home, I couldn't stop crying.  I just couldn't stop thinking of what we grew up in, and how much we struggled growing up, and how nice this house was and how far I had some.  My husband was sympathetic, but couldn't understand why I was so emotional. It it a typical NOVa 1970s colonial, in a middle class neighborhood, and we have been at least middle-upper middle throughout our entire marriage.  He can't "get it", my friends don't either, but I bet the people posting here do.[/quote]

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