The 5 Stupidest Habits You Develop Growing Up Poor

[ConcernedCanuk]

135. Thats not a "STUPID" habit Blue - - ur off-topic

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But I do so get the eggshell thing -

OH - Do you save the egg shells and use them for garden fertilizer?

Nary a shell has hit my garbage pail since I discovered the value of egg shells as fertilizer.

Back to the OP:

From the link in the OP

"Being poor is a mindset. And it's one that, if given the chance, will make your ass poor again."

Read more: http://www.cracked.com/blog/the-5-stupidest-habits-you-develop-growing-up-poor_p2/#ixzz2lrtdMFmW
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I've had a different life:

My parents were affluent enough to afford 2 vehicles (never more than 3 years old) since I was 11 ( that's 52 years ago), afford to buy their own homes (we never rented), and leave us with babysitters regularly so they could go out on the town.

We lived in good neighborhoods, went to good schools, ate good meals, BUT our parents were so frugal with their money on us kids that we were thought to be "the poor family" down the lane . . . .

Almost all our clothes were second hand or hand-me downs (there were 6 of us), so we were forever "out of style";

many kids got lunch money for the cafeterias while we all had was paper bags or box lunches, tiny allowances compared to our peers, and so on . . .

So pocketwise, socially, I was "poor".

And young teenager eager to be accepted into the "group" is desperate to NOT be "poor".

Moving ahead to gainful employment, good credit when I was 19 years old.

WOW! right? Cars, stereos, dates for dinners and movies, travelling thousands of miles just for the heck of it cuz I had the $$

BOOM . .

Job gone, divorce impending, miserable and broke ( like less than $100?) at the age of 29.

Bounced around from place to place job to job - ending up living in a 17 foot trailer without proper facilities at the age of 56.

Got very frugal living on 500 bucks a month for almost 6 years.

Also was falling into despair.

Really falling . . . .

BOOM . .

Inheritance (unexpected!) allowed me to buy my own home of 28 acres in the bush - paid in full;

put enough in trust to make sure I don't blow it all (not very much really - but will guarantee me a comfortable, albeit modest lifestyle);

do some needed repairs/upgrading on the house/property;

And stuff my cupboards, fridges and freezers with about 4 or more months of food.

Only clothes I bought were new sox and underwear.

I sure do not intend to repeat my past behaviours.

There is a lot of truth in the OP article with the statement:

"Being poor is a mindset. And it's one that, if given the chance, will make your ass poor again."

Yep - I been there . . .

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