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People-Share-Growing-Up-Poor-Unwritten-Rules
You get a job when you’re 15, and it becomes more important than high school.
People-Share-Growing-Up-Poor-Unwritten-Rules
Turn off all lights behind you. Take as quick showers as you can. Recycle pop cans. Drive slower because it conserves gas. Plan your trip so that you don't have to drive unnecessary routes and waste gas. Be OK with the heat always at 68 or below (use a blanket if you're cold).People-Share-Growing-Up-Poor-Unwritten-Rules
You get a job when you’re 15, and it becomes more important than high school.People-Share-Growing-Up-Poor-Unwritten-Rules
Turn off all lights behind you. Take as quick showers as you can. Recycle pop cans. Drive slower because it conserves gas. Plan your trip so that you don't have to drive unnecessary routes and waste gas. Be OK with the heat always at 68 or below (use a blanket if you're cold).
People-Share-Growing-Up-Poor-Unwritten-Rules
Keep your hair brushed, your clothes clean, and be articulate and polite in all circumstances. We were not going to be 'trash' just because we were poor. Also, no wearing ripped jeans, even if it's the style. We're not spending money on new pants that look like old worn-out pants.
People-Share-Growing-Up-Poor-Unwritten-Rules
If you use the oven during winter, when you’re done, leave it cracked so that the heat warms up the rest of the house more.
People-Share-Growing-Up-Poor-Unwritten-Rules
It doesn't matter of you don't like the (food, clothes, shoes, toys etc) take it, say thank you and be appreciativePeople-Share-Growing-Up-Poor-Unwritten-Rules
Number one rule of growing up poor. Avoid buying anything nice for yourself and feel absolutely guilty if you do.
People-Share-Growing-Up-Poor-Unwritten-Rules
Homemade birthday cakes, homemade pizza, we NEVER went out to eat. Fast food/restaurants were a waste of money. Soda was a treat, as was sugared cereal. You got sox and undies as stocking stuffers at Christmas. You wore your clothes 2-3 times before washing them unless they were obviously dirty or smelly. You washed and dried zipper bags to reuse. We never used paper towels to clean.
People-Share-Growing-Up-Poor-Unwritten-Rules
Eating stale or close to sell by date, food. No brand-name anything. Adding water to shampoo to get it to last longer. Reuse everything. Make-do or do without. Free samples count as a meal. To name a few.People-Share-Growing-Up-Poor-Unwritten-Rules
You're not hurt unless you're bleeding. If you are bleeding, don't bleed on the carpet.
People-Share-Growing-Up-Poor-Unwritten-Rules
Most meals were "experiments" made from the food we got from the food pantry.People-Share-Growing-Up-Poor-Unwritten-Rules
If someone was nice enough to cook you a meal you better help(or at least offer to) clear the table and wash the dishes after.
People-Share-Growing-Up-Poor-Unwritten-Rules
Keep your aspirations to yourself. Telling anyone in your household/social strata about your plans to get out and do better may be met with bitterness and downright ridicule. People will call you uppity for wanting to go to school or stupid for having a career goal that isn't modest and local and vaguely dead-end. People will tell you that you have no common sense simply because you refuse to see the world in terms of pure survival.
People-Share-Growing-Up-Poor-Unwritten-Rules
Always return anything you borrow in better condition. People will be eager to loan you things.
People-Share-Growing-Up-Poor-Unwritten-Rules
Overall, independence at a young age. But also responsibility. You cook, clean, and pitch in before you are asked. If you’re waiting for an adult to make dinner, you’re going hungry. Also, poor doesn’t mean dirty. You keep what you have nice, clean, and well cared for. Seriously, I wouldn’t trade my upbringing for anything in the world.
People-Share-Growing-Up-Poor-Unwritten-Rules
Going to fast food (with any adult), you only order off of the dollar menu.
People-Share-Growing-Up-Poor-Unwritten-Rules
We were very poor growing up. You never ate the last of anything without asking first. Portions were small and limited. When I was 11 I was invited over to a then friend's house. I was floored by their house and furnishings. Very opulent compared to mine. Lunch time came. Her mom had set the table for sandwiches. Everything laid out, 3 different breads, all sorts of meats, condiments and fruit. At my house lunch was a sandwich with white day old bread with peanut butter and jelly. Sometimes we would have those land o frost thin sliced meats. We were only allowed 2 slices of the meat per sandwich. So, at this friends house, I make my sandwich with one slice of ham because it was way thicker then the stuff at home. The mom kinda freaks out..."what kind of sandwich is that? You need to put more on it, thats not enough." I explain that's what we do at home. They were horrified. Ended up sending me home with a "care package" of food. My parents never let me go to her house again because they were embarrassed I told them we were poor.
People-Share-Growing-Up-Poor-Unwritten-Rules
You never brought the field trip permission slips home because you knew better than to make your mom feel guilty she couldn’t pay the $5-20 fee to let you go.
People-Share-Growing-Up-Poor-Unwritten-Rules
If someone buys you food at a restaurant order as cheaply as possible even if they tell you order whatever you want. Used to get death glares from parents if I ordered something 10 bucks or over at a place where average prices was 10 bucks. If you can get a burger and fries for 8 you better be eating a burger.
People-Share-Growing-Up-Poor-Unwritten-Rules
In the UK- do not answer the door. Do not answer the phone. When the man is looking through the window, make sure you can't be seen. Do not tell anyone who knocks on the door where the parents work. This turned out to be doorstep lenders like Provident- no idea how they are still around these days.Show All 20 Upvotes
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People-Share-Growing-Up-Poor-Unwritten-Rules
You get a job when you’re 15, and it becomes more important than high school.People-Share-Growing-Up-Poor-Unwritten-Rules
Turn off all lights behind you. Take as quick showers as you can. Recycle pop cans. Drive slower because it conserves gas. Plan your trip so that you don't have to drive unnecessary routes and waste gas. Be OK with the heat always at 68 or below (use a blanket if you're cold).People-Share-Growing-Up-Poor-Unwritten-Rules
Keep your hair brushed, your clothes clean, and be articulate and polite in all circumstances. We were not going to be 'trash' just because we were poor. Also, no wearing ripped jeans, even if it's the style. We're not spending money on new pants that look like old worn-out pants.People-Share-Growing-Up-Poor-Unwritten-Rules
If you use the oven during winter, when you’re done, leave it cracked so that the heat warms up the rest of the house more.People-Share-Growing-Up-Poor-Unwritten-Rules
It doesn't matter of you don't like the (food, clothes, shoes, toys etc) take it, say thank you and be appreciativePeople-Share-Growing-Up-Poor-Unwritten-Rules
Number one rule of growing up poor. Avoid buying anything nice for yourself and feel absolutely guilty if you do.People-Share-Growing-Up-Poor-Unwritten-Rules
Homemade birthday cakes, homemade pizza, we NEVER went out to eat. Fast food/restaurants were a waste of money. Soda was a treat, as was sugared cereal. You got sox and undies as stocking stuffers at Christmas. You wore your clothes 2-3 times before washing them unless they were obviously dirty or smelly. You washed and dried zipper bags to reuse. We never used paper towels to clean.People-Share-Growing-Up-Poor-Unwritten-Rules
Eating stale or close to sell by date, food. No brand-name anything. Adding water to shampoo to get it to last longer. Reuse everything. Make-do or do without. Free samples count as a meal. To name a few.People-Share-Growing-Up-Poor-Unwritten-Rules
You're not hurt unless you're bleeding. If you are bleeding, don't bleed on the carpet.People-Share-Growing-Up-Poor-Unwritten-Rules
Most meals were "experiments" made from the food we got from the food pantry.People-Share-Growing-Up-Poor-Unwritten-Rules
If someone was nice enough to cook you a meal you better help(or at least offer to) clear the table and wash the dishes after.People-Share-Growing-Up-Poor-Unwritten-Rules
Keep your aspirations to yourself. Telling anyone in your household/social strata about your plans to get out and do better may be met with bitterness and downright ridicule. People will call you uppity for wanting to go to school or stupid for having a career goal that isn't modest and local and vaguely dead-end. People will tell you that you have no common sense simply because you refuse to see the world in terms of pure survival.People-Share-Growing-Up-Poor-Unwritten-Rules
Always return anything you borrow in better condition. People will be eager to loan you things.People-Share-Growing-Up-Poor-Unwritten-Rules
Overall, independence at a young age. But also responsibility. You cook, clean, and pitch in before you are asked. If you’re waiting for an adult to make dinner, you’re going hungry. Also, poor doesn’t mean dirty. You keep what you have nice, clean, and well cared for. Seriously, I wouldn’t trade my upbringing for anything in the world.People-Share-Growing-Up-Poor-Unwritten-Rules
Going to fast food (with any adult), you only order off of the dollar menu.People-Share-Growing-Up-Poor-Unwritten-Rules
We were very poor growing up. You never ate the last of anything without asking first. Portions were small and limited. When I was 11 I was invited over to a then friend's house. I was floored by their house and furnishings. Very opulent compared to mine. Lunch time came. Her mom had set the table for sandwiches. Everything laid out, 3 different breads, all sorts of meats, condiments and fruit. At my house lunch was a sandwich with white day old bread with peanut butter and jelly. Sometimes we would have those land o frost thin sliced meats. We were only allowed 2 slices of the meat per sandwich. So, at this friends house, I make my sandwich with one slice of ham because it was way thicker then the stuff at home. The mom kinda freaks out..."what kind of sandwich is that? You need to put more on it, thats not enough." I explain that's what we do at home. They were horrified. Ended up sending me home with a "care package" of food. My parents never let me go to her house again because they were embarrassed I told them we were poor.People-Share-Growing-Up-Poor-Unwritten-Rules
You never brought the field trip permission slips home because you knew better than to make your mom feel guilty she couldn’t pay the $5-20 fee to let you go.People-Share-Growing-Up-Poor-Unwritten-Rules
If someone buys you food at a restaurant order as cheaply as possible even if they tell you order whatever you want. Used to get death glares from parents if I ordered something 10 bucks or over at a place where average prices was 10 bucks. If you can get a burger and fries for 8 you better be eating a burger.This Panda hasn't followed anyone yet
