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[quote=Anonymous][quote]Why?[b] I was happier then than I am now[/b], and I have a lot more money now![/quote]

[quote]Seriously! I grew up in a relatively poor household and now am a doctor married to a doctor. All my siblings are physicians as well. By no means are any of us happier now. We were just talking about this when we were last all together. 
As children we shopped at Walmart, bought ALL our clothing at Goodwill, never ate out aside from a Chinese place my parents liked, saw maybe one movie per year, never took vacations aside from day trips to the beach and an occasional week of camping, etc [b]And yet, I had an amazing childhood--- we read tons of books, played outside constantly, spent summers at the public pool, gardened, watched silly cartoons, went to church, had lots of friends over for simple dinners,etc. It was a fantastic childhood[/b].[/quote]

This is me, too, except sibs and I have different professions.  And we got our 1 pair of back-to-school vinyl shoes at K-Mart, since Walmart didn't really exist in the 1970s.

My current standard of living is about to go down abruptly because my congenitally unhappy H is dumping me.   Whenever I feel panicky about that ( and I admit, I've grown used to creature comforts that our HHI has permitted), [i]I remember how happy I was as a LMC-poor kid[/i].

I've lost sight of those simple joys, I admit it.  And I'm getting them back, dammit.

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