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"What's a dead giveaway that someone has come from poverty?"

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[cavi]

My husband would keep buying food even though we didn’t need it because it was like a compulsion to get food whenever he had the money for it, and all those small purchases added up to a huge bill in a month. I had to completely take over shopping for a while until it really settled in that he was in no danger of going without food. He is good now.

[wrennie]

Omg... We're 7 kids poor and the rule for milk in my house is: only for cereal and cooking. On special occasions, if you want milk, you use one of the small cups, and you only fill it halfway.

[rochellebanks]

Basically he grew up not having to worry about whether he would drink the entire glass. When you grow up in poverty, there is a lot of pressure not to waste food. Meaning only get what you’ll actually eat/drink. When you have money sometimes you don’t think about it.

[rosemarie]

My boyfriend has pointed out that I still buy things like I'm poor still (making decent wages and own my car outright) I go thrifting, I buy as few things new as I can, justify waiting for a sale for those new things, keep a strict budget, etc etc. He says that sometimes it's sad to see me worry so much about not wanting to buy something I love even when I can afford it because I worry about not having the money for something more important.

[TypicalTroglodyte]

My dads favorite line was “we can’t leisurely drink milk in this house”

[Urlocalswiftie]

My family is six kids poor and one has a disability that takes up a lot of money. One thing I noticed is that all the other kids we live around get jobs so they can buy things, their parents pay for them to go places and stuff but they all have unlimited cash flow when it comes to things. My siblings and I all get jobs to save because our parents can’t afford to put us through college themselves. We can go places and buy things, but it all comes out of our own pocket and that’s why if we ever DO go out we don’t buy anything unless it’s an absolute necessity. I do feel like it’s taught me to be money smart, but it’s kinda embarrassing when I don’t eat at the mall with my friends or buy anything cause I don’t wanna spend the money.

[Dont_Wanna_Be_Famous_]

As a person who comes from poverty I did the opposite, I always filled it to the top because when you're fending for yourself you don't know the next time you'll get any of the milk or any of the food, if there's food eat it before someone else does

[zonaryorange]

I’ve observed the opposite from my grandfather who grew up eating garbage after his father left their family in rural Mexico, he managed to make it through that and persevered into a comfortable life here in the United States. Now in his retirement age, he has himself the biggest mugs you can imagine fills them to the top with hot coffee in the morning and in the night; his milk glasses always filled to the brim; my grandmother’s diner plates are massive and they load them up to the edges. If one thing is for certain, that innocent little boy he was is so proud of how far he’s come

[faygo_cupcake]

Pretty much me and my bf I grew up under the poverty line and he grew up high middle class adopted by a single woman with a really good job. I think the biggest difference was when our phones broke he gos out the next day and gets a new one I had to use my grandma's old phone till my dad got a new phone then my mom got his old one and I got her old one. The first time I ever got a new phone that hadn't been someone else's for years I was 23 😅

[blueightysix]

They eat food like they're never gona eat again, flour and water flatbread will do that, when u have 2 siblings over 10 yrs younger, you cook a meal, ur enjoyment comes from seeing these kids happy. I had water for dinner too many nights. So did my mother.

[aimlessalix]

Mom always told us when we went anywhere would say "Fill up your plate because the food might not be there for seconds" and "Don't throw any food away we will take home leftovers"

Dad always complained why we wouldn't eat all our food as we can just buy more if we want more.

[elirewasout]

That's not middle class, middle class is comfortably living

[MoonlitBookworm]

Every person who grew up in poverty has a thing. For some, it’s food. For some, it’s money. For some, it’s clothing.

For my mother, it’s blankets. We have so many blankets because she only had one growing up.

For my father, it’s money and food. We basically have a back up pantry in the basement filled with food for if the world ends.

[rainx]

Took me a while to realise having a bed frame aka

Not sleeping on the floor/not having your matress on the floor was a privilege.

[amandathunderclaw]

As someone who has grown up middle to upper middle class, I’ve noticed that my friends, who are mostly poorer than me, often by a significant margin, have no idea how much their work is worth. A number of my friends do art, and are EXTREMELY good at it, but they consistently underprice their work, selling gorgeous 8 by 10 paintings that took them hours for less than ten dollars, when they should be pricing them at $35 at a MINIMUM, and frankly should probably charge more than that. Generally if I want to buy their work, I barter with something I’ve made that I know took a similar amount of time and effort, and that they will value similarly to how I will value their work, because I know if I tried to give them the money they deserve for it they’d try to give it to me for free instead

[JordanHeil-jpwu]

I'm like this but with soda. Soda was a treat for us kids, so when i buy it i still have to remind myself that it's just for me and my roommate and i can have a full glass without feeling guilty. Cookies were similar, never more than 3 at a time and only 3 per day max. That one i still follow subconsciously but its a good amount for a snack

[soonlet]

I'm not from poverty but from bad finance parents on average income fam of 5, so we'd have weekly nights out but also have 1 pair of shoes and half broken appliances with milk rations and very limited meat/fish selection

[jeanieshank]

Still liking and cooking hamburger helper… if you know… you know and either never eat it again or enjoy it still and cool-aide is a staple

[Kieraaful]

Ahh yes a classic case of rationing food. You never really quite 'get over it'

[bordergirl_]

Plot twist: Shes lactoseintolerant, he isnt