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[quote=Anonymous]Not shocked so much as incredibly thankful that my kids don't have to live the way I did.

No pretending with your friends that you saw the latest episode of The Simpsons when really you have no idea what happened because you either didn't have power or cable.  No having to pull your girl scout troop leader to the side and tell her that she couldn't call you with more details because your phone had been cut off.  No couch surfing with relatives because you got evicted.  No babying a pair of new shoes because you knew when they were ruined/wore out that it meant thrift store shoes for your next pair that school year.  No lying about what you got for Christmas because in reality you just got a new pair of jeans or a sweatshirt if anything at all.  No starting off the school year with a lie of an awesome vacation you took as your "what I did over the summer" because you didn't go anywhere or do anything.

It blew my kid's mind when they asked why 95% of the pictures I have from my childhood were LifeTouch photos that say PROOF on them and I told them it was because a) we didn't have money for a camera and b) we didn't have money to purchase those photo packages from the school.  I think that's when they really understood that when I say I grew up poor, I meant it and it wasn't just something I said as a mom.  [/quote]

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