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[quote=Anonymous]I think people who are middle class really have no idea of what it is like to have no money - to really worry about money down to the penny.  I grew up a hair above poor. we didn't want for the basics, like food, and we had vacations, but there were no extras.  Both my parents grew up poor.  And by poor I mean make tomato soup with ketchup poor, pick up trash by the side of the road poor.  That thread of poor has lingered, and i definitely have money issues now.

My husband grew up solidly middle class.  He has no understand ing of that money advice - consider whether it's something you WANT or something you NEED before you think about buying it.  If he wants it, he buys it, though within reason.

I think upper middle class doesn't understand that for the poor, it's think about whether you need something now, can put it off for later, or can really do without.  I lived for a long time on stretching out the end of the toothpaste tube for a few extra days until the next paycheck would come.  Or taking home a roll of toilet paper from work since I wasn't getting paid for a few days.

I also shake my head at people who say, oh, I can't get out of Target without spending $100 every time, hahaha!  Because if you don't have it, you walk into Target and finger the merchandise and dream of matching towels, but you buy your one tube of toothpaste, the toilet paper, and then you get out of there.  Cause that's all the money you have.  [/quote]

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