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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I realize it.

I grew up below the poverty line with a single mother. We lived in apartments and I was the scholarship kid at Catholic school, camp, etc. I ate crap like baloney sandwiches on white bread and tv dinners. Most of my clothes were hand-me-downs from my cousins. Didn't own a car until college and bought it myself with cash from my PT job.

I'm now a 1%er because of the moves I made and who I married. I don't take it for granted and I do a lot myself - housework, cooking, cleaning, etc. I still buy a lot of my & kids' clothes second-hand and always look for a coupon before I go to a big box store. Old habits die hard.[/quote]
+1  parents are low educated immigrants who don't speak English. I really did earn what I have, and I really appreciate it.  I ate like like a poor person until my mid 20s.

I still live fairly frugally for our HHI.  Buy all my clothes on sale, no name brands. Only jewelry I have is what DH  bought me (wedding rings and a pair of nice earrings after DC was born for my bday).

So yes OP, some of us do realize it and are greatful for it. And some of us really did earn it.[/quote]

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