Woman Grew Up Poor While Her Husband Grew Up In Upper Class, Here Are 10 Of Their Differences

things you never cheap if you can help it 1 cheese toilet paper and bread

Until you try the Kerrygold butter and it ruins you.

Again, not a class issue. Store brand isn't "just" as good either. Lots of companies have extremely strict protocols and safety checks to allow them to sell in certain stores like Costco and BJ's. Many times the extra cost is better quality and much stricter safety guidelines. Not always apples to apples here.

I will go store brand on almost anything, just not Oreos.

i get that same butter! not because that's what i was brought up on...no I was brought up on MARGARIN😣

aww, cutest goodest boy!

I know a lot of poor people who splash on purebred dogs to try to make money by breeding them.

Shelter dogs in my opinion are the bestest dogs in the world

Nothing wrong with getting a dog from a proper, responsible breeder who is in it for the betterment of the breed. As long as you make sure to thoroughly research the breeder in question beforehand. Always ask to meet the mom and puppies at their home, if they refuse to allow you that and don't provide a reasonable explanation like someone in the house caught covid or something, walk away.

Me & my husband exactly, except all of mine were strays; the best doggos!

Well, the gift bag one is just logical. Most of the times they are as good as new. Had a tradition with a friend where we kept gifting each other the same bag back and forth for several years.

I keep both of these, they always come in handy.

I'm late '50s and I have Christmas boxes and wooden hangers we used when is was 11 or younger....right now I'm looking at a night stand that was a handmedown when I was a teen that is in my 23 yr old daughters room.

More people should recycle stuff and not just pitch out things that are perfectly good. If you don’t want packaged restaurant freebies donate them to the food bank.

This isn't a class issue, know many people that do this. Come to think of it, most everyone I know does this to some extent. You never know when an extra duck sauce will come in handy.

I never realised I had this until I read this, thank you for helping me understand myself

I always have a full frig and freezer. It's a bit annoying at time and i never really understood why. But i did grow up with us foraging literally for much of the food we ate, also growing a large portion of our food and stored to eat throughout the year. I'm going to go empty the frig a bit right now...

This isn't something that is present in everyone who had food insecurity as children. Until I started dealing with all the childhood trauma, my extreme food insecurity growing up manifested, as an adult, as buying way more food than we need (esp. pantry items). I have NEVER had a pantry that wasn't overstuffed, and I often would have to throw out expired items because I bought stuff we never used. It's amazing how much just starting to chip away at that trauma has helped curb those impulses.

I keep leftovers until they have a nice coat of fuzz on them....THEN I throw them out.

I used to lives (and still are) just like Michaela back before 2010. I was totally broke, living n sleeping under the sky or public bench most of the times (worse if its raining, soaking wet n cold 😢), been thought r treated as an addict, accused of theft n etc. Meal times can never be predicted, let alone be choosy. I'll grab whatever foods available and/or offered even though I just had a meal as I cant be sure when or if my nxt meal will comes. But those times thought me lots n lots of things. Things I never knw existed or tried before, and appreciates things more (and still are, infact sometimes to an annoyances of those around me 😅) especially those that I took for granted previously. I appreciate n valued life more than ever, especially those of others and to animals around me (even to ants i found around the hse, tryin to do at least something or not so they are disturbed). Also learned lots of things especially those of spirituality and religions and more, way more.

I always had to buy my cars with MY money....

This reminds me of my partner and me. He was born with several silver spoons in his mouth (and maids to polish them), whereas I lived in 12 different homes and essentially raised myself and my siblings. When we were first dating, he was driving a 750Li, and I was driving my 3rd Sentra. All he ever had was $100k cars. So when his BMW started breaking down a lot and requiring $4k in repairs every few weeks, I suggested he look at the new Altimas. After he was done scoffing a bit, he agreed to go test drive one. He drove his new Altima off the showroom floor that same day, and has only owned Altimas since. Not only that, two colleagues of his (each of whom are worth many millions of dollars) who only drove fancy, uber-expensive cars bought Altimas, as well, once they drove his. So...luxury isn't all it's cracked up to be.

Wow. Hard to imagine at 26. Does he not have a job?

I too have purchased every car and tech with my own money my entire life.

Good woman!

Other people have to be told by their parents to keep their receipts so they can always prove that they weren't shoplifting.