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[quote=Anonymous]Shared a bed with 2 sisters until I was 8 and someone bought us a trundle; then my younger sister and I slept head to toe in the trundle part until I inherited a twin bed from my grandma when I was 11.

My dad tried to make new soap out of the little bits of leftover soap bars.

Never had a haircut until I was in seventh grade and my aunt took me out for my first one.  In high school my sister and I learned how to cut our own hair from an issue of Seventeen.

Had only hand-me-down clothes until I started babysitting and could buy new things for myself.

Never went to the dentist -- the first time I remember was right before I went off to college (I think because that was mandatory).

We went on 4 vacations throughout my entire childhood, and one of those was a 4 day weekend and another was to attend my uncle's wedding in a different state.  All road trips, of course.  I first went on a plane at age 18, when my uncle bought me a ticket home from college for Thanksgiving.

On the other hand we were never hungry and had a roof over our heads.  And I always got a present for my birthday and presents for Christmas.  So while I knew we weren't rich, it certainly didn't feel like we were poor, not by any stretch.  And especially not in comparison to how my parents grew up in the 40s and 50s.[/quote]

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