Someone Wondered “What’s A Sign That Someone Grew Up Poor?” And 30 Folks Online Delivered

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I didn’t grow up super poor, but I still do this. My favorite pair of vans, had em for three years. Super glued the sole together , hand sewed the crease together a few times. Finnaly bought a new pair of shoes lmao. Idk why I do this but it saved me money for three years. EDIT:Wow, I’m honored, Finnaly been on BP long enough to get a spam bot reply lmao

Even as an established adults, this feels so accurate

This is absolutely true, as pizza delivery drivers have many stories about poor people who tip (when they can) and rich people who tip a little or nothing at all. A good example is NY Yankees pitcher Andy Pettitte, who lives in a big-a*s mansion in Texas. He and his wife both reportedly tip $1

Oof. I have a $50 bill in my wallet from Christmas. I am 39 and still in the process of convincing myself to buy the stupid video game I want. Cleary it is a gift so it's ok but man have I been resistant to buying anything with it

Flip side - I used to leave some of my meal even if I was still hungry so that I could have the rest the day after, otherwise there might not be anything to eat the next day.

Or, if you don't have the skills, you know someone who does, and you can exchange favours.

Plus napkins,straws, and disposable eating utensils

My late husband did this, always asked if he could buy something (he was also the mayonnaise jar hoarder)

My wife and I still feed anybody that comes to the house and we make enough that they could take some with them.

One of my nephews was adopted into our family when he was three. My SIL said it took him a long time to stop hoarding food and realize he would get fed at the next meal.

I tried out to be a cheerleader and made the squad. I was shocked and had to back out. I lied, saying that i'd hurt myself and my doctor has told me not to join, but the truth was that my parents could barely afford a pizza now and then, much less several hundred dollars worth the cheerleading gear. I never told them.

I never understood why people would go around looking like a bill board for clothing brands.

Mayonnaise jars, or any jar that has a good lid. Have to go on a jar purge every 6 months or so.

It's delicious though.

Roti!! Where my fellow Indians at? (yes I know it's tortilla)

This is my comfort food! My mom always made this for me when I was little and it's so good.

I make cinnamon toast all the time. Just remember cinnamon and other spices used to be expensive! So enjoy your cinnamon snack. It's probably better for you than Little Debbie's anyhow (less sugar and preservatives!)

Or, peanut butter and regular butter with a bit of honey whipped together. It does indeed slap still.

We thought this was a special treat! 😆

Butter fancy. We had saltiness and sugar

For us it was home popped popcorn. Oil and kernels in a big pot, wear oven mitts and shake it over the burner. We made popcorn so much we actually wore through the bottom of the pot and almost started a fire. This method still tastes the best to me.

Same thing but on a tortilla n my daughter actually can't eat them and hasn't eaten them in the past 14yrs, since she was 6yo, bcuz I fed them to my kids every morning before school and she had them so much she threw it up one day on the way to school and that's the last time she's ever had it. Ironically, she will eat it on toast lol.

My Dad used to make this for us as kids for a snack. He had a little jar he mixed everything in, then poured it on the bread. I had forgotten about it until about a year ago when I discovered my wife liked to make it! AND she makes it better!!

That's still a favorite of mine, and I'm just realizing it's probably because that's what my single mom could afford and what was a treat for her as a child.

Did that last night! And other than fruit, I am too cheap to buy a lot of the over priced shack foods. If I want something sweet, I bake cookies, muffins, pies, cakes and share.

Still is great. Cinnamon sugar is great in oatmeal too (⁠ ⁠◜⁠‿⁠◝⁠ ⁠)⁠♡

Bacon and strawberries are still rich people food to me.

Fresh baked bread with cinnamon and sugar, que rico

I still love this!!!

I was 16 when i discovered actual butter. I had been told that margarine was just another name for butter. I was 22 when i had my first cinnamon sugar toast -my husband made it.

Wait....... We did that because we were POOR? Now I'm rethinking the fact that we are cream of wheat for dinner so many times. Mmm, now I'm hungry. Have you ever microwaved bologna and American cheese so it's like a meat bowl of cheese soup? This also may have just been a kid thing more than a poor thing. Ramen noodles are still a staple in my house.

That's probably how cinnamon swirl bread came about.

I still do this for myself. Mmmmm

I love cinnamon n sugar on buttered toast!y daughter and I had it last week as a sweet treat after dinner.

Low-key my *ss. My family doesn't have the affording it problem; we make that stuff because it's godd*mn delicious (the only difference is that we stick them in the oven for a few minutes, so it's more toast than just 'bread').

cinnamon toast. good stuff

This. And butter noodles. And "wish" sandwiches. Two pieces of bread slapped together and you wish for what you would want in the middle.

We did this with left over pie dough and. Baked it in the oven. I loved it

I know I'm getting old by how much words like "slapped" and "drip" bother me...

One of my favorites even though I can afford actually pastries now

Mayonnaise sandwiches... Just bread and mayo cause deli is too expensive

Childhood flashback

I put condensed milk on mine

it's called cinnamon toast

Ohh, you should try slicing a peeled apple into 6 or 8 pieces, sprinkle some sugar with a dash of cinnamon over it, stick it in the microwave (depending on how many Watt, it can vary to anything from 1 minute to 2) and then enjoy, it's delicious ☺️

Wait, cinnamon toast isn't a normal thing? 😳 I still do this, and we have snacks in the cubbord. (I have a weird obsession with toast. Cinnamon and the plain buttered kind)

we just had butter on white bread sprinkled with sugar. no cinnamon.. your lucky!

Me, too, but I toast mine.

Cinnamon toast is better than most store-bought sweets.

Yes!! My Mom made homemade bread. Yummmy. She did the same with leftover pie crusts too.

Well, real butter on bread IS delicious.

That bread looks yummy, looks like a brioche loaf.

anyone try tortilla's with melted butter and cinnamon?

Low key? High key! Cinnamon bread is good s**t!

I forgot about this!

I still enjoy cinnamon toast as a real treat now and then

The LDS kids across the street taught my brother and I about Wonder bread, margarine, and sugar sandwiches.